Bone find proves Hannibal’s elephants marched across Europe

Hannibal, the Carthaginian general, marching his war elephants over the snow-covered Alps to confront the Romans in 218BCE.
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From Toenails to Tiptoes: Understanding Elephant Foot Anatomy

One of the most bizarre-looking land mammals is the enormous yet gentle elephant, with its huge ears, long trunk, and those massive feet. Why are their feet shaped like that, anyway? Do elephants have ...
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First solid evidence of Hannibal's infamous war elephants discovered in Spain

Elephants are not exactly commonplace in the European landscape, so when archaeologists uncovered an elephant foot bone among ...
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Elephants in High Heels? The “Sixth Toe” That Helped Them Become Terrestrial Giants

Much like how the panda’s “thumb” is actually a sesamoid bone that’s been evolutionarily repurposed to act like an extra ...
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How elephants 'hear' with their feet, and how you can do it, too

Elephants use their feet to sense vibrations in the ground. This is one of the ways that they "hear" the things happening around them. Humans and other animals actually have a similar sense. You might ...
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The elephant's foot : prevention and care of foot conditions in captive Asian and African elephants / Blair Csuti, Eva L. Sargent, Ursula S. Bechert, editors

Based on papers from the First North American Conference on Elephant Foot Care and Pathology, held in Beaverton, Oregon, Mar. 19-21, 1998; with additional contributions.
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Team rushes to treat elephant’s ‘ghastly’ injury caused by metal spear in Kenya

Without swift medical intervention, the injury would have caused irreversible damage to the elephant’s foot, experts said. Screen grab of Facebook photo shared by Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. A team of ...