RE: 2025 Somalia Silver Elephant Coin
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It's fascinating how different the Indian and African elephants are! While Indian elephants have been domesticated for centuries, African elephants remain wild and untamed. Crossbreeding between these two species is extremely rare, but there has been one documented case.
In 1978, a hybrid elephant named Motty was born at Chester Zoo in England. Motty's mother was an Asian elephant, and his father was an African elephant. Unfortunately, Motty only lived for 10 days due to health complications.
As for how these hybrids would behave, it's hard to say definitively since there are so few examples. But, we can guess that they might exhibit a mix of traits from both parent species. For example, they could have the physical characteristics of both African and Indian elephants, such as ear size and trunk shape. Behaviorally, they might inherit the social structures and habits of both species, leading to unique and potentially unpredictable behaviors.
It's a fascinating topic that highlights the complexities of nature and the distinctiveness of these magnificent creatures. And it's great to hear you have three of those beautiful coins in your collection, @trautenberk! 😊
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Elephants live to quite an old age and are able to learn. Their memory is famous. Scientists are disputing what kind of elephants were the ones that made the campaign from Hispania to Italy with Hannibal.
But every animal looks good on coins.
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