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Photo: African elephant foraging in a tree
Photo: African elephant foraging in a treePhoto: Close-up of a rhinoceros beetle Photo: Froghopper insectPhoto: Jumping impalaPhoto: Bar-tailed godwit Photo: Sooty shearwater bird in flightPhoto: Great white shark swimming with fishPhoto: Sailfish chasing a school of fish Photo: Cheetah chasing preyImage: Tyrannosaurus rex adult and youngPhoto: Peregrine falcon eating prey
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For thousands of years, humans have utilized the brute strength of African and Asian elephants for everything from war to transportation. An elephant's trunk alone contains around 100,000 muscles and can lift up to 600 pounds (270 kilograms).
Photograph by Beverly Joubert

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