A thirteen-tonne elephant in ancient EuropeSourced
An elephant once roamed Europe.
Mature bulls averaged about 13 tonnes.
The extinct straight-tusked elephant lived in Europe and western Asia during the Pleistocene. Fully grown males averaged around four metres at the shoulder and 13 tonnes, ranking among the largest known land mammals.
A very large shadow
once crossed those forests.
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