In regard to the oliphaunts, when reading the books I had always taken them to be just plain old elephants.

Even an old wounded elephant like me was infected.

An elephant so old that his ears were shredded to half their original size.

When an old elephant dies, the rest of the herd stays by the corpse for a while.

The card showed an older elephant talking to a younger one.

In 2002, a 20 year old elephant named Anna died three days after giving birth to a stillborn calf.

At the Kraal old elephants are retired from work, and they have one of the largest breeding programs in the world.

I am surprised that Menofra did not send us old elephant hide to chew on.

The oldest elephant is around 82 years of age and is called 'Ramachandran'.

Even me, a big old elephant, I get a haircut every week.