Elephant Reflections

Key Facts About African Elephants African elephants are larger in stature than Asian elephants and are considered the largest mammal anywhere on land. Males can stand almost 13 feet tall and weigh close to 13,000 pounds. Females are just as majestic, reaching heights up to 8.5 feet and more than 7,000 pounds in weight. The [...]

Elephants are fun to collect for children. A new trend for children is to have a collection of some type. It gives them something to focus on and maybe learn several valuable lessons. Animals are a favorite thing to start with. Find a book and pick out one of the animals that seems interesting to [...]

Fun facts about elephants that may surprise you You love the giant, yet gentle elephants. They are very impressive, but many people do not know a thing about them. For instance many elephant lovers know the trunk is used to pick things up but do they know it can hold two gallons of water? This [...]

Q: Why did the Elephant stand on the marshmellow? A: So she wouldn’t fall in the hot chocolate. Q: How do you get down from an elephant? A: You don’t, you get down from a duck. Q: Why is an elephant big, grey, and wrinkly? A: Because, if it was small, white and smooth it [...]

Eight Gift ideas for the elephant lover Elephants, elephants, want to know what to get an elephant lover? Well this will outline 8 great ideas for giving the best elephant gifts for that special elephant lover in your life. The first great idea on the least expensive side would be collectables and nic-nacs. There is [...]

Wayne asks… interesting facts? An average ear of corn has 800 kernels, arranged in 16 rows. An average human drinks about 16, 000 gallons of water in a lifetime. An average human scalp has 100,00 hairs. An average person drinks about 16,000 gallons of wate during his life time. An average person laughs about 5 [...]

Creates tons of bubbles while promoting bathtub safety with a soft protective cover for hard metal faucets. Comes in a fun Tubbly the Elephant design! Soft plastic faucet cover easily fits over standard metal faucets to protect your little one from accidental bumps and bruises. Just pour your bubble bath into Tubbly the Elephant’s trunk [...]

A floppy-eared youngster takes a break on a warm summer?s day, lifting his trunk to the cooling breeze. Lifelike figurine captures the innocent charm of these gentle giants in loving detail. Polyresin. 5 1/2 inches x 5 1/4 inches x 7 1/2 inches high. Sale Price:$6.81 Read More Related posts: Baby Elephant Figurine Place this [...]

A long trunk, tough tusks and big ears are bold features of this lowly leaf-eater. African elephants are the largest of the elephant species, making them the largest land animal. They have four toes on the forefeet and five toes on the hind feet. African elephants live in large clans that splinter off into smaller [...]

Elephant Reflections brings award-winning wildlife photographer Karl Ammann’s gorgeous images together with a revelatory text by writer Dale Peterson to illuminate one of nature’s greatest and most original works of art: the elephant. The photographs move from the purely aesthetic to the informative, depicting animals who are at once enigmatic, individual, mysterious, elusive, and iconic. [...]