Happy The Earth's largest (land) animal but we little humans have to protect it (from ourselves😔)

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Our illustrators love these giant mammals as much as we do!
Cereal box elephant: Sam Ward
Mammoths:
Baby elephant:
Business elephant:

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Proboscideans have a long evolutionary history. They first appear around 60 million years ago in North Africa and were quite small. By ~37 million years ago, proboscideans like the hippo-like Moeritherium which didn’t have a trunk or tusks had evolved

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Saturn on elephant in Japanese Goma rodan yō 護摩爐壇樣 (Model for the Homa Altar). Original text from eighth or ninth century China.

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How to sound like an elephant 🐘

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It's happened again: your e-cards are barely out the door, and already it's Need elephant images fast? We've got you covered.

Image from the Tudor Pattern Book: https://t.co/IXkmnliLOe

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Morning warmup sketch. Gomphotheres of South America. Notiomastodon (left) and Cuvieronius (right). Both elephant relatives ived alongside the first human inhabitants in the Americas for thousands of years until they went extinct.

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We love elephants at the Museum! Did you know that elephants are considered sacred in Buddhism & are the national animal of Thailand? Next time you visit spot these majestic creatures in our collection & shop!

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It's So here's a little warmup illustration of an African Forest Elephant, using inks.

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On here's a lovely illustration from Travels in Africa in the years 1875-78, c1890 (shelfmark 010096.i.59). Find more on our BL FLickr account with 1M+ images from our printed collections free to use as you wish - https://t.co/LdFPXlznWn

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🐘🐘#WorldElephantDay 🐘🐘
Mr Whaite

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This meet the beautiful mother and baby from ‘Walk on the Wild Side’, sent in from an entrant at HM Prison Peterborough. We love the gorgeous earthy tones. Head down to to see the painting in person >>> https://t.co/fsSZP0503F

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How many elephants can you count, Miffy?

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Tomorrow is So I thought I'd dig up this old project I never finished. Some semi-caricatured fossil elephants hangin' out. First pic is a mock up of what i wanted to do originally.

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8月12日世界ゾウの日
Patricia Sims
2012年(平成24年)に制定。
「Elephant Reintroduction Foundation」








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【#世界ゾウの日
今日8/12は世界象の日🐘なので、タイの民族衣装の女の子と、象を描いてみました🇹🇭

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本日、8月12日は
もともとよく知られた動物ですがこれを機に動物園でじっくりみてみてはいかがでしょうか?

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🐘8月12日は世界ゾウの日🐘

絶滅の危機にあるゾウへの関心を深め、その保護について考えることが目的なのだそうです🐘✨
ゾウは現生最大の陸生哺乳類です😊



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