Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned

Kerr-Mudd, John <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:

On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:47:49 +0100
nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) wrote:
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The places to look for other examples would be islands.

 
Certainly, as probably the Cyprus dwarf elephant.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeoloxodon_cypriotes

Yes, that's the one that may have been killed off by humans.
No smoking gun, or rather carved bone found yet so far.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeoloxodon_falconeri

And that's an older one, that died out by itself.

Doh, ISHRA.

It would seem that elephants are yet another species
that lends itself easily to miniaturisation.
IIRC dwarf mammoths are also known from historical times. (maybe)

Just too bad that a thousand elephant generations
takes far too long to wait for,

Jan