Tumblr (3.0; @tusktotale)http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/65f1b26b53fcf5b873c77e2f8dfc3af9/tumblr_mhsv5pHC151qca4upo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Via <em>Incidental Comics</em></p>http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/42425887429http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/42425887429Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:08:13 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8351lIuvF1qca4upo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Photographic show in London next week, David Sheldrick’s photos of orphaned elephants. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2010/sep/01/protector-of-the-giants-photo-exhibition">Excerpts on The Guardian today.</a></p>http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/1049424023http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/1049424023Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:32:09 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7itukEsWj1qca4upo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ganesh</p> <p><em>Image via <a href="http://hope4thehapless.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/the-elephant-in-the-room/">Hope for the Hapless</a></em></p>http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/989162899http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/989162899Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:18:20 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7itipMrmd1qca4upo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Elephant carved on the main portal of Metz cathedral.</p> <p><em>Image via <a href="http://www.azurs.net/photomoteur/index.php?showimage=742">Say Cheese photoblog</a></em></p>http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/989136230http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/989136230Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:11:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7isqr7bED1qca4upo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Elephant sculpture by Daniel Firman in the Diane Galerie, Fontainebleau Castle, Paris, September 2008</p> <p><em>Image via <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/photos/2008/12/12/2445035.htm">ABC News</a></em></p>http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/989072699http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/989072699Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:54:27 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7irzmNEvM1qca4upo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Image via <a href="http://binbrain.com/blog/2008/05/19/elephant/">binbrain.com/blog</a></em></p>http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/989011694http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/989011694Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:38:00 -0400<a href="http://io9.com/5614203/the-cybernetic-zoology-of-vladimir-kush/gallery/1">Elephant with tuba head</a>http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/967103470http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/967103470Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:05:56 -0400<a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/2010-08/16/content_11158020.htm">Elephants cross the road in southwest China</a>: <p><img height="372" width="600" src="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/images/attachement/jpg/site1/20100816/002170196e1c0dd2e6a105.jpg" align="middle"/></p>http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/962342588http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/962342588Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:45:44 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qQ0m3Udr__Q?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Complete Elephant Parade London 2010 – The short version</p> <p><em><a href="http://www.elephantparadelondon.org/">Elephant Parade London</a> in partnership with <a href="http://www.elephantfamily.org/">Elephant Family</a> celebrated the beauty of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_species#IUCN_Red_List_Endangered_species">endangered</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Elephant">Asian elephant</a>. With 260 painted elephants festooning the parks, squares and streets of central London, it was the biggest and most beautiful outdoor art event the city has ever seen.</em></p> <p><em>The elephants were on the streets of London from May to June 2010, attracting an estimated audience of 25 million, and benefitting 17 conservation charities in the UK. The Elephant Parade Auctions raised over <a href="http://www.givinglots.co.uk/Elephant%20List">£4.1 million</a></em></p>http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/916571914http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/916571914Sat, 07 Aug 2010 02:55:37 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6r4qwXuT51qca4upo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Image via <a href="http://www.perlgurl.org/archives/2007/04/animal_aging.html">Naturally Speaking</a></em></p>http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/914501432http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/914501432Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:20:56 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6r4ma8edm1qca4upo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Image via <a href="http://depts.washington.edu/conserv/web-content/Press/Slaughter%20threatens%20future%20of%20African%20elephants%20%20Breaking%20News%20%20News%20%20Telegraph.htm">telegraph.co.uk</a></em></p>http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/914490671http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/914490671Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:18:10 -0400<a href="http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/perth_zoo_elephant_art_warhol">Warhol elephant</a>: <p><img src="http://adsoftheworld.com/files/images/Elephant-Art_Warhol.preview.jpg" width="391" height="590"/></p> <p>Although this series is funny (see also <a href="http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/perth_zoo_elephant_art_van_gogh">Van Gogh</a> and <a href="http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/perth_zoo_elephant_art_dali">Dali</a>), I have mixed feelings because it is advertising a zoo. On the one hand, zoos do allow people to see animals IRL but on the other hand they have many downsides - <a href="http://www.elephantvoices.org/elephant-interests/-in-zoos.html">this article</a> argues for  elephant parks open to visitors instead of zoos.</p>http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/902456517http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/902456517Wed, 04 Aug 2010 06:37:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6mcekKz1U1qca4upo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span> </span></p> <p><span>Elephants on the savannah, Botswana</span></p> <p><em><span>Image from <a href="http://justpaste.it/3ky">Earth From Above</a>, a collection of aerial photography produced by Yann Arthus-Bertrand</span></em></p>http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/902115079http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/902115079Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:22:13 -0400<a href="http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2010/07/translocation-puts-new-spin-on.html">Elephants in Scotland</a>: <p>Not in the zoo, either.</p> <p>Elephants and other large animals photoshopped into a Scottish setting!</p> <p><img height="342" width="520" src="http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/Translocation_Elephant%20Crossing%5B3%5D-thumb-520x342.jpg"/></p>http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/893187802http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/893187802Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:34:06 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6hn7pYOyb1qca4upo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Elephant love</p> <p><em>Image found at <a href="http://37days.typepad.com/37days/2008/04/poets-acknowled.html">37 Days</a></em></p>http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/889646235http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/889646235Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:23:49 -0400<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/He7Ge7Sogrk?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Video of an elephant painting an elephant holding a flower</p>http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/889616214http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/889616214Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:15:09 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l683fhgsQ11qca4upo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Composite elephant, made up of lots of smaller creatures, Murshidabad, Bengal, 18th century. This is but one of a selection posted by<a href="http://ajourneyroundmyskull.blogspot.com/2010/07/arcimboldo-riding-composite-camel.html"> </a><a href="http://ajourneyroundmyskull.blogspot.com/2010/07/arcimboldo-riding-composite-camel.html">A Journey Round My Skull</a>, via <a href="http://io9.com/5597047/these-centuries+old-mughal-paintings-were-the-original-voltrons/gallery/">io9</a>. </p>http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/866400128http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/866400128Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:38:05 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5nm92nj9s1qca4upo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Elephants in Ngorongoro Crater by structural draftsman Geof Wilson, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/geoftheref/257906558/in/photostream/">via Flickr on CC license</a></span></p>http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/819528539http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/819528539Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:15:02 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5nlptg9Jm1qca4upo1_r1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>A Penny For Your Thoughts</span></p> <p><span><em>(Artist: Jane Morgan; Location: Royal Hospital, Chelsea - <a href="http://elephantparadelondon.org/">Elephant Parade London 2010</a>)</em></span></p>http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/819495970http://tusktotale.tumblr.com/post/819495970Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:03:00 -0400