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| − | Elephants are large quadrupedal [[mammals]] native to [[Africa]] and [[India]]. The elephant is noted for its long trunk, or proboscis, a flexible nose strong enough to lift objects.
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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.
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| − | In more recent times, domestic elephants have been used for riding, carrying heavy loads, and [[war|war elephants]].
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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.
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| − | An elephant is the symbol of the [[Republican Party]].
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| − | == Support for Creationism ==
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| − | One of the supposed pieces of evidence against evolution is that scientists cannot decide what elephants could have evolved from. Many scientists point to the idea that elephants share a common ancestor with sea cows and water dwelling hyraxes<ref>http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/misconceptions_faq.php#b3</ref><ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_sirenians</ref>. Some support for this point of view is that elephants might have used their trunks as snorkels.
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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}}.
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| − | ==References==
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