elephants
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There, Scipio’s nimble movements—he divided his forces, closed in on the Carthaginian wings and panicked their elephants—and strict discipline yielded a decisive victory.
He also emphasizes that guns shifted the balance of power between humans and other animals, notably whales, bison and elephants.
"There's an African proverb that says: 'When the elephants fight, it's the grass that suffers,'" the employee said.
From Barron's
While elephants spend most of their time in the water, they breed in densely packed colonies on wide, sandy beaches.
From Barron's
In 2012, Shankar was moved to a new enclosure that left him virtually in solitary confinement - despite a 2009 federal ban on keeping elephants alone for more than six months.
From BBC
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