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<div>A denomination of the Islamic faith.</div>ILGWBhttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Elephants&diff=33832Elephants2007-03-14T05:07:46Z<p>ILGWB: /* Support for Creationism */</p>
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<div>Elephants are large quadrupedal [[mammals]] native to [[Africa]] and [[India]]. The elephant is noted for its long trunk, or probiscus, a flexible nose strong enough to lift objects.<br />
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Elephants are not mentioned directly in the [[Bible]]. They were created on the sixth day with the other beasts of the earth (Genesis 1:24-25) and survived the Flood on [[Noah's Ark]] (Genesis 7:7-8). The Apocryphal book [[1 Maccabees]] mentions thirty-two elephants sent by the Persian king Antiochus to attack [[Judas Machabeus]]. Numerous references are made to [[ivory]], a substance created from their tusks and worth great amounts.<br />
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In more recent times, domestic elephants have been used for riding, carrying heavy loads, and [[war|war elephants]].<br />
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Centuries of hunting elephants for their ivory has dwindled the population of these animals. Renewed efforts at stewardship have caused a population boom, with the number of elephants in Africa alone tripling in the last decade.<br />
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An elephant is the symbol of the [[Republican Party]].<br />
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== Support for Creationism ==<br />
One of the compelling pieces of evidence against evolution is that scientists cannot decide what elephants could have evolved from{{http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/misconceptions_faq.php#b3}}. Many scientists point to the unlikely idea that elephants evolved from sea cows and water dwelling hyraxes{{http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/misconceptions_faq.php#b3}}. The support for this point of view is that elephants might have used their trunks for snorkels.<br />
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In the past, there were many different types of elephants like [[mammoth|mammoths]] and [[mastodon|mastodons]], but most creation scientists say that these species never made it onto the ark and that these species perished with the [[dinosaurs]]{{fact}}.</div>ILGWB