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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]]. According to the creationist view 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 six months.
 
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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}}. Scientists and scholars agree that Noah could not have trekked all the way to the arctic to collect a pair of mastodons before the earth was flooded, and they all drowned. There is some debate over why other arctic species like polar bears and penguins survived.
 
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==References==
 
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