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    There are hundreds of Quotes and slogans available on Elephant online. I have shortlisted few good slogans, quotes, puns and proverbs to save your time and energy. Here they are!

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    Save Elephants Slogans, Taglines & Instagram Captions | World Elephant Day

    1. Say NO to ivory poaching
    2. Save these majestic creatures
    3. Save the forests to save elephants!
    4. It’s time to save the cutest animal we all love
    5. My favourite animal is the elephant!
    6. Elephants have an amazing memory! Save the elephants
    7. Baby elephants are so cute! Please don’t make them orphan.
    8. Hundreds of elephants are killed every year,
      Illegal Ivory trade is not at all fair
    9. Elephant’s legs are thick and strong,
      killing them for tusk is very very wrong
    10. Look at the elephants mighty and strong,
      killing them for their tusks is very very wrong
    11. Save the Elephant
    12. Protect and respect
    13. Let’s save elephants
    14. I love elephants, Do you?
    15. Let’s join hands to save elephants
    16. Don’t let me disappear
    17. Together we can save elephants
    18. Save elephant, Save life… Save planet
    19. Live & let live
    20. Jungles and elephants are made for each other.
    21. Without them, the world will not be the same. Save Elephants

    Save Elephants conservation Slogans  and Quotes | World Elephant Day | National Elephant Appreciation Day


    1. Save the elephants before they start living just in our stories.
    2. Nature is not against Elephants, why are you?
    3. Once the elephant is history, it won’t repeat itself…
    4. Will your grandchildren see a live elephant?
    5. Don’t kill the beauty of the jungle
    6. I am a treasure, not a trophy. Stop ivory poaching
    7. Want to shoot elephants?… Use cameras!
    8. Shoot them, but with a camera.
    9. Elephants have a family too. Don’t kill them for your fun.
    10. My mom never came back. Say NO to Trophy hunting
    11. What is my crime?
    12. Keep calm & save the elephant
    13. You can’t love nature with a gun.
    14. Have a heart, do your part. Save the elephant.
    15. Fight for the elephant’s right
    16. When the buying of the ivory stops, killings too
    17. Are your beautiful ivory ornaments worth killing an elephant?
    18. Ivory is not our need,
      Don’t kill elephants for your greed
    19. Being ‘Extinct’ Stinks!
    20. Extinction is forever
    21. If elephants are lost, we will pay the cost.
    22. The ones who have no voice, need you to speak up.
    23. Let’s unite as one, saving elephants is just so fun
    24. Help save their existence, elephants need your assistance
    25. For the elephants you must fight, so they won’t disappear out of sight
    26. Elephants are rapidly fading away; can’t we help them in some way?
    27. It’s no fun to be endanger; show you care, don’t be a stranger.
    28. Only if we understand… we can care;
      Only if we care…we will help;
      Only if we help… they shall be saved


    Short Instagram Captions on Elephant

    1. A trunk full of fun!
    2. A trunkload of love!
    3. Welcome to the elephantonia…
    4. All good things are wild and free!
    5. All the big things start small
    6. Be strong like an elephant
    7. Dream big, like an elephant
    8. Elephant lovers unite!
    9. Elephant never forgets
    10. Elephants are so graceful.
    11. Elephants are the best!
    12. Find me where elephants are…
    13. Elephants are the coolest creatures in the world
    14. Elephants are wild and free
    15. They are just too cute!
    16. I have a memory like an elephant
    17. Life is a beautiful elephant
    18. Moving little giants
    19. Welcome to the jungle!
    20. My spirit animal has a trunk.
    21. No one can do it like elephants
    22. Sweet dreams, elephant!
    23. Time spent with elephants is never wasted
    24. We love our elephant ears!
    25. An elephant‘s opinion carries a lot of weight!


    Save Elephants & Elephant Conservation Quotes

    1. “No one in the world needs an elephant tusk but an elephant.” —Thomas Schmidt
    2. “Dear people with no soul, stop shooting elephants.” — Russell Crowe
    3. “Compassion, social intelligence, decisiveness, patience, and wisdom. These are all qualities found in elephants and not found in the people allowing them to be killed for trophies.” — Ellen Degeneres
    4. “Only elephants should own ivory.” — Yao Ming
    5. “The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?” — David Attenborough
    6. “We are not the only animal that mourns; apes do, and elephants, and dogs. Yet we are the only one that tortures.” — Geraldine Brooks
    7. “One researcher just determined that African and Indian elephants make each other sick. When a new animal or plant is introduced to a habitat bad things happen. The biggest danger to native wildlife is foreign wildlife.” — Robert T. Bakker
    8. “The sad thing about destroying the environment is that we’re going to take the rest of life with us. The bluebirds will be gone, and the elephants will be gone, and the tigers will be gone, and the pandas will be gone.” — Ted Turner
    9. “The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. Some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist hotels.” — Richard Leakey
    10. “The problem is that during the 1980s, a decade of heavy poaching, the elephants retreated to safer areas. And now people have moved into the corridors once used by the elephants.” — Richard Leakey
    11. “I have family in Tanzania. I can’t even explain the joy of riding through the Tanzania national park and seeing giraffes run across the road and elephants over in a pond and baboons running.” — Emanuel Cleaver

    1. “The whole idea of being in captivity in such limited space, especially in a zoo, causes elephants to suffer. They develop all kinds of foot diseases, They die. They get cysts. Not only is it painful, it eventually kills them.” — Lily Tomlin
    2. “Would you like it if an elephant comes to your home, stampedes over it, finally kills you and takes your teeth?” — Anonymous
    3. “It may surprise people to learn that one elephant is killed every 15 minutes for its ivory.” — Li Bingbing
    4. “It’s estimated that across Africa 100 elephants are killed for their tusks every day. It takes nothing more than simple math to get to what that adds up to in a year, and it’s a distressing figure.” — Graydon Carter
    5. “Elephants are living treasures. Nature’s gardeners. Nature’s great teachers. Tragically some people don’t give a damn. They prefer the dead treasure to the living one. The ivory. We must challenge this so-called ‘trade’ with all our might and shame on those who would condone it.” — Virginia McKenna
    6. “These magnificent species of Africa – elephants, rhino, lions, leopards, cheetah, the great apes (Africa has four of the world’s five great apes) – this is a treasure for all humanity, and they are not for sale. They are not for trade. They need to be valued and preserved by humanity. We all need a global commitment to that.” — Patrick Bergin
    7. “We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits: empathy, self-awareness, and social intelligence. But the way we treat them puts on display the very worst of human behavior.” — Graydon Carter

    1. “Currently poaching threatens the very existence of the African Elephant, and my worry is that if we do not act NOW, we could be looking at a future in which this iconic species is wiped out.” — Yaya Toure
    2. “Elephants are so wise and so funny and so endangered and so intelligent. I just think there is a lot to learn from them.” — Gloria Steinem
    3. “Mother elephants in the circus cannot help their babies, but we can.” — Edie Falco
    4. “Right now I’ve got just two rules to live by. Rule one: don’t taunt elephants. Rule two: don’t stand next to anybody who taunts elephants.” — Sergeant Schlock
    5. “Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it alright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.” ― Henry David Thoreau
    6. Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they’re in the game.” ― Paul Rodriguez.
    7. “Nothing is more important than saving … the Lions, Tigers, Giraffes, Elephants, Froggies, Turtles, Apes, Raccoons, Beetles, Ants, Sharks, Bears, and, of course, the Squirrels. The humans? The planet does not need humans.” — James Lee
    8. “I saw a dead elephant in one of Kenya’s natural reserves. Around her were footprints of her baby elephant. This was just so sad, as three days before, perhaps the mother was still taking the baby around to play and to drink water. In her mind, she probably was thinking they had a life of decades to be together. However, the poaching happened so fast and everything collapsed. Without the protection of the mother, the baby elephant is likely to die too. That moment changed me.” — Li Bingbing

    1. “Most people know that forests are the lungs of our planet, literally playing a critical role in every breath we take. And that they’re also home to incredible animals like the orangutan and elephant, which will go extinct if we keep cutting down their forests.” — Chris Noth
    2. “The threat of extinction is more real than many realise. And the damage done to elephants directly leads to destruction of the ecosystem.” — Li Bingbing
    3. “I hate to witness animals in captivity – or see circus elephants paraded down the streets. When animals are caged, it’s a loss of what they are.” — K. A. Applegate
    4. “Surrounded by a burgeoning human population, Asian elephants have to contend with the spread of settlements and farming, and the demands of rapidly developing nations: plantations, mines, railways, and irrigation canals have carved up former wilderness.” — Mark Shand
    5. “Our elephants are under siege because of an illegal international market that has driven ivory prices in the region up significantly. I call upon the international community to join us in this fight.” —
    6. Ali Bongo Ondimba
    7. “Save the elephants, and then you save the forest – and then you save yourself.” — Mark Shand
    8. “Sumatra has these lush forests and huge, amazing creatures like elephants, orangutans, and tigers. They’re disappearing because of industry coming in and cutting down the forests.” — Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
    9. “There are 13 Asian countries that still have elephants, and Elephant Family is looking to invest in further projects that will be the most critical for saving elephants while there is still time.” — Mark Shand

    1. “Without elephants, Africa’s landscape would be unrecognizable, yet these animals have fallen by the hundreds of thousands as a result of two enormous waves of poaching in this century – one in the 1970s and 1980s, the other, beginning around 2009, now underway.” — Lydia Millet
    2. “Illegal killings of elephants are being linked to organized crime and the funding of armed militia groups. Many consumers in Asia do not realize that by buying ivory, they are playing a role in the illegal wildlife trade and its serious consequences.” — Li Bingbing
    3. “Elephants seek food elsewhere if their route is blocked, and raiding crops and grain stores brings them into conflict with people, often resulting in deaths on both sides.” — Mark Shand
    4. “Preventing ongoing extinction of elephants, rhinoceroses, and other threatened species is critically important. By all means, we must set priorities for allocating finite conservation resources.” — George M. Church


    Funny & Family Friendly Puns & Jokes on Elephant

    1. Hello ivory-one!
    2. I love each and ivory one of you!
    3. This is Ele-phantastic!
    4. How do elephants talk to each other? — On the ele-phone!
    5. How do elephants keep cool in the summer? — Ear conditioning!
    6. What do you call an elephant that laughs a lot? — An elaughant.
    7. Why do elephants need trunks? — Because they don’t have handbags
    8. Why do elephants have trunks? — Because they would look funny with a suitcase.
    9. Why are elephants so wrinkly? — Because ironing them takes way too long.
    10. What’s as large as an elephant but weighs nothing at all? — An elephant’s shadow.
    11. What do you call an elephant that hates taking baths? — A smellyphant!
    12. What will you call the biggest ant in the world? — An eleph-ant!
    13. What’s an elephant’s best talent? — Multi-tusking!
    14. Why do bosses like to employ elephants? — Because they’ll work for peanuts!
    15. What did the elephant say to his girlfriend? — I love you a ton
    16. What did the elephant say to her sad friend? — I’m ear for you


    Popular Quotes on Elephant

    1. “People don’t realize how amazing elephants are.”— Prince Harry
    2. “If size mattered, the elephant would be the king of the jungle.” — Rickson Gracie
    3. “People are so difficult. Give me an elephant any day.” — Mark Shand
    4. “When the elephants walk, the forest walks with them.” — Sudha Ramen
    5. “Elephants can sense danger. They’re able to detect an approaching tsunami or earthquake before it hits.” — Jennifer Richard Jacobson
    6. “Elephants love reunions. They recognize one another after years and years of separation and greet each other with wild, boisterous joy. There’s bellowing and trumpeting, ear flapping and rubbing. Trunks entwine.” — Jennifer Richard Jacobson
    7. “Elephants have the largest brains of any mammal on the face of the Earth. They are creative, altruistic and kind.” — Ingrid Newkirk
    8. “You know…they say an elephant never forgets. What they don’t tell you is, you never forget an elephant.” — Bill Murray
    9. “I was born in love with all elephants. Not for a reason that I know. Not because of any of their individual qualities wisdom, kindness, power, grace, patience, loyalty; but for what they are altogether. For their entire elephantness.” — Pat Derby
    10. “It’s really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.” — Vin Diesel
    11. “Consider the biggest animals on the planet: elephants, and buffaloes, and giraffes. These are vegetarian animals. They grow to thousands of pounds of muscle and bone without ever eating cheeseburgers and pepperoni pizzas.” — Michael Klaper
    12. “God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things. ” — Pablo Picasso

    1. “Elephants, it turns out, are surprisingly stealthy. As the sunlight fades, other species declare their presence. Throngs of zebras and wildebeests thunder by in the distance, trailing dust clouds. Cape buffalo snort and raise their horns and position themselves in front of their young. Giraffes stare over treetops, their huge brown eyes blinking, then lope away in seeming slow motion. But no elephants.” — Thomas French
    2. “Animals are indeed more ancient, more complex and in many ways more sophisticated than us. They are more perfect because they remain within Nature’s fearful symmetry just as Nature intended. They should be respected and revered, but perhaps none more so than the elephant, the world’s most emotionally human land mammal.” — Daphne Sheldrick
    3. “To be a baby elephant must be wonderful. Surrounded by a loving family 24 hours a day. Touched by the family, cuddled and comforted. A tremendous love and compassion exuded by every family member. I think it must be how it ought to be, in a perfect world.” — Daphne Sheldrick
    4. “Unlike the primate hand, the elephant’s grasping organ is also its nose. Elephants use their trunks not only to reach food but also to sniff and touch it. With their unparalleled sense of smell, the animals know exactly what they are going for. Vision is secondary.” — Frans de Waal
    5. “We know about the socially complex lives of elephants: how they communicate, how they bond, how they even seem to grieve. We have ethologists in the field and activists on the ground to thank for that knowledge.” — K. A. Applegate


    Wise & Motivational Quotes on Elephant

    1. “When eating an elephant take one bite at a time.” — Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.
    2. “When the elephant decides to walk through the village, all the dogs come out and bark.” — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
    3. “He who mounts a wild elephant goes where the elephant goes.” — Randolph Bourne
    4. “When there is an invisible elephant in the room, one is from time to time bound to trip over a trunk.” — Karen Joy Fowler
    5. “But if you do not find an intelligent companion, a wise and well-behaved person going the same way as yourself, then go on your way alone, like a king abandoning a conquered kingdom, or like a great elephant in the deep forest.” — Gautama Buddha
    6. “Do not carry with you your mistakes. Do not carry your cares. Travel on alone. Like an elephant in the forest.” — Gautama Buddha
    7. “Dividing an elephant in half does not produce two small elephants.” — Peter Senge
    8. “As big as an elephant is, a whale is still larger. Everything’s relative. Even gods have their spot on the food chain.” — Jim Starlin
    9. “When the bull’s-eye becomes as big in your mind as an elephant, you are sure to hit it.” — Alejandro Jodorowsky
    10. “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.” — Desmond Tutu

    1. “It’s hard for the donkeys to win the race if they’re going to carry the elephants on their backs.” — Jim Hightower
    2. “The Buddhists have a story about blind men trying to describe an elephant by feeling it’s various parts, and each describes the elephant according to the part he touched.  That is the way we can hope to know God.” — Kent Nerburn
    3. “All the religions are true, they just see a different part of the elephant.” — George Lucas
    4. “As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.” — Gautama Buddha
    5. “Elephants have a hard time adapting. Cockroaches outlive everything.” — Peter Drucker
    6. “When you are hunting elephants, don’t get distracted chasing rabbits.” — T. Boone Pickens
    7. “It is better to own 10% of an elephant than 100% of a rat.” — Arthur Mutambara
    8. “Have you ever been bitten by an elephant? How about a mosquito? It’s the little things in life that will bite you. For most of us, it’s the frequent, small and seemingly inconsequential choices that are of grave concern.” — Darren Hardy


    Funny & Cute Quotes on Elephant

    1. “Eat like a bird, poop like an elephant.” — Guy Kawasaki
    2. “Elephants and grandchildren never forget.”— Andy Rooney
    3. “Women and elephants never forget.” — Dorothy Parker
    4. “When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him run.” — Abraham Lincoln
    5. “I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I’ve ever met.” — Herb Caen
    6. “Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is “elephant” — Charlie Chaplin
    7. “I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book.” — Stephen Fry
    8. “The Internet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhoea – massive, difficult to re-direct, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it.” — Gene Spafford
    9. “I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.” — Noel Coward
    10. “Plastic surgery is like a big elephant sitting in the Hollywood living room.” — Patricia Heaton
    11. “Women are like elephants to me. I like to look at them, but I wouldn’t want to own one.” — W. C. Fields
    12. “Some women are like elephants. I don’t mean size, I mean they never forget.” — Laura Schlessinger
    13. “A fool-proof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble; then you chip away everything that doesn’t look like an elephant.” — George Bernard Shaw


    Traditional Proverbs & Sayings on Elephant

    1. “When elephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.” —   African Proverb
    2. “In a battle between elephants, the ants get squashed.” —  Thai Proverb
    3. “Ride an elephant to catch a grasshopper.” —  Thai Proverb
    4. “When an elephant eats and eats and still cries for more, it is the grass that will get embarrassed.” —  African Proverb
    5. “Trumpet in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cocks; bleat in a flock of goats.” —  Malayan Proverb
    6. “Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.” —  Indian Proverb
    7. “When elephant steps on a trap, no more trap.” —  African Proverb
    8. “The elephant will reach to the roof of the house.” —  Cameroonian Proverb
    9. “A fly before his own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.” —  Chinese Proverb
    10. “Do not make an elephant out of a fly.” —  Russian proverb
    11. “Do not compare a fly with an elephant.” —  Greek Proverb
    12. “He changes a fly into an elephant.” —  Romanian Proverb
    13. “The human heart is never satisfied, just like the snake that wants to swallow an elephant.” —  Chinese Proverb
    14. “The death throes of an elephant are not so annoying as a living flea.” —  Zanzibar Proverb
    15. “The elephant does not feel a flea-bite.” —  Italian Proverb
    16. “An elephant does not catch mice.” —  Latin Proverb
    17. “Sooner could you hide an elephant under your armpit.” —  Latin Proverb
    18. “The great elephant of India cares not for a gnat.” —  Latin Proverb
    19. “Gnats, in great number, can beat an elephant.” —  Arabic Proverb
    20. “You make an elephant of a mouse.” —  Latin Proverb

    1. “With a resolute heart, a mouse can lift an elephant.” —  Tibetan Proverb
    2. “The elephant does not get tired of its tusks.” —  Massai Proverb
    3. “The elephant dies, but his tusks remain.” —  Bamfinu proverb
    4. “Don’t help the elephant carry its tusks.” —  Thai Proverb
    5. “The elephant’s head is no load for a child.” —  Sierra Leonean Proverb
    6. “The Child of an elephant will not be a dwarf.” —  Nigerian Proverb
    7. “A hunter who is never satisfied with is gain will one day be forced to carry home an elephant.” —  African Proverb
    8. “The hunter in pursuit of an elephant does not stop to throw stones at birds.” — Ugandan Proverb
    9. “When an elephant falls, meat is sure to be surplus for those who follow the hunter.” —  Nigerian Proverb
    10. “An elephant hunter usually gets killed by an elephant.” —  Swahili proverb
    11. “There is not enough room for two elephants to sit in the same shade.” —  African Ovambo Proverb
    12. “The frog wanted to be as big as the elephant, and burst.” —  Ethiopian Proverb
    13. “When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him.” —  Indian Proverb
    14. “The noise produced by frogs in the well can’t stop an elephant from drinking.” —  African Proverb
    15. “However poor the elephant, it will be worth more than ten frogs.” —  Nigerian Proverb
    16. “If there were no elephant in the jungle, the buffalo would be a great animal.” —  Ghanaian Proverb
    17. “Sleep after selling horses and elephants.” —  Indian Proverb
    18. “A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a hair.” —  Iranian Proverb
    19. “By a sweet tongue and kindness, you can drag an elephant with a hair.” —  Persian Proverb
    20. “Who follows the elephant will have no problems.” —  African Proverb

    1. “Although he who walks behind an elephant may feel very secure, he is likely to get splattered with elephant dung.” —  Lao Proverb
    2. “Even if thin, the elephant remains the lord of the jungle.” —  African Proverb
    3. “The lion may be king of the jungle, but he knows, he shouldn’t stand in the way of an elephant.” —  African Proverb
    4. “An elephant grows and becomes an adult, even if people do not like it.” —  African Proverb
    5. “The heart of an adult is like that of an elephant.” —  Bantandu proverb
    6. “If you want to destroy your enemy, give him an elephant.” —  Thai Proverb
    7. “Though your enemy is the size of an ant, look upon him as an elephant.” —  Danish Proverb
    8. “An elephant does not die from one broken rib.” —  African Proverb
    9. “When the elephant is slain all the tribes gather together to eat it.” —  South African Proverb
    10. “The best way to eat the elephant standing in your path is to cut it up into little pieces.” —  African Proverb
    11. “An elephant never gets tired of carrying his own trunk.” —  Indian Proverb
    12. “Every elephant has to carry its own trunk around.” —  Zimbabwean Proverb
    13. “It’s as if she’s fallen off an elephant’s trunk.” —  Arabic Proverb
    14. “By joining the tail to the trunk, one makes up the whole elephant.” —  Indian Proverb
    15. “Even an elephant can slip.” —  Indian Proverb
    16. “The hare and the elephant don’t travel well together.” —  Bambara Proverb
    17. “When an elephant is dead, a hare will not smell.” —  Fulani Proverb
    18. “The elephant that is stuck in the mud will tear down the tree with it.” —  Cambodian Proverb
    19. “However little you think of the elephant, you can’t say it won’t fill a pot.” —  Cameroonian Proverb

    1. “Better the cold blast of winter than the hot breath of a pursuing elephant.” —  Chinese Proverb
    2. “Even a big elephant can be caught in one female hair.” —  Chinese Proverb
    3. “A fool will pair an ox with an elephant.” —  Ethiopian Proverb
    4. “You cannot kill an elephant with bullets of wax.” —  Ghanaian Proverb
    5. “The ambitious one makes friends with the elephant, then tramples upon the ant.” —  Indian Proverb
    6. “The man who has mounted an elephant will not fear the bark of a dog.” —  Indian Proverb
    7. “It is a stupid dog that barks at an elephant.” —  African Proverb
    8. “The world flatters the elephant and tramples on the ant.” —  Indian Proverb
    9. “People seek out big shots as flies seek out the elephant’s tail.” —  Indonesian Proverb
    10. “Even though the elephant is huge enough it cannot carry a big tail.” —  African Proverb
    11. “Even the elephant can fan off flies with its short tail.” —  Ghanaian Proverb
    12. “Blow your horn in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cockerels; bleat in a flock of goats.” —  Malawian Proverb
    13. “The elephant’s track treads out the camel’s.” — Nigerian Proverb
    14. “The jungle is stronger than the elephant.” —  Senegalese Proverb
    15. “Elephants are killed for their ivory, birds for their feathers.” —  Vietnamese Proverb
    16. “It is no disgrace to move out of the way of the elephant.” —  Vietnamese Proverb
    17. “Even an ant can hurt an elephant.” —  Zulu Proverb
    18. “To make an elephant out of a mosquito.” —  Dutch Proverb
    19. “A monkey cannot dare what an elephant can.” —  Duala proverb
    20. “When an elephant becomes as small as a monkey, it ceases to be an elephant.” —  African Proverb
    21. “The tracks of the elephant cancels those of the antelope.” —  Duala proverb
    22. “You must eat an elephant one bite at a time.” —  Twi proverb

    1. “Perhaps you will eat a whole elephant, and nothing gets stuck in your throat, and then you eat a fish and a bone gets stuck in your throat.” —  Tshi Proverb
    2. “People helping one another can bring an elephant into the house.” —  Rwanda Proverb
    3. “The person who can see a house in China is unaware of an elephant on his nose.” —  Singaporean Proverb
    4. “Elephants carry each other.” —  Namibian Proverb
    5. “Those who are carrying elephants home on their heads, need not use their toes to dig up crickets on the way.” —  Nigerian Proverb
    6. “A person who is carrying an elephant on his head should not use his feet to tap snails on the ground.” —  African Proverb
    7. “With patience and a bit of spittle, the elephant picks up the ant so little.” —  Mexican Proverb
    8. “An elephant in the china shop.” —  Hungarian Proverb
    9. “An elephant cannot thin to a cow size.” —  African Proverb
    10. “An elephant that kills a rat cannot be considered a hero.” —  African Proverb
    11. “Happy is a man who goes hunting for rats and catches an elephant.” —  African Proverb
    12. “Don’t enter a defecating competition against an elephant.” —  African Proverb
    13. “If you need ears, go and borrow them from the elephant.” —  African Proverb
    14. “It will be foolhardy for the ant to chase an elephant.” —  African Proverb
    15. “One day cannot make an elephant rot.” —  African Proverb

    1. “When riding on top of an elephant do not assume there is no dew in the thicket.” —  African Proverb
    2. “The squirrel does not talk back to the elephant.” —  Angolan Proverb
    3. “Speak like a parrot; meditate like a swan; chew like a goat; and bathe like an elephant.” —  Indian Proverb
    4. “When two elephants meet on a narrow bridge, they get nowhere until one of them backs down or lies down.” —  South African Proverb
    5. “The slimming of an elephant and the losses of a rich man are not noticeable.” —  Ethiopian Proverb
    6. “A dead elephant cannot be covered by a lotus leaf.” —  Thai Proverb
    7. “White elephant born in the forest.” —  Thai Proverb
    8. “The elephant and the tiger do not go hunting on the same pasture.” —  Nigerian Proverb
    9. “An ant-hill that is destined to become a giant ant-hill will definitely become one, no matter how many times it is destroyed by elephants.” —  Nigerian Proverb


    List of Elephant Related Days Celebrated Worldwide

    DateDay
    9 AprilJumbo Day
    16 AprilSave The Elephant Day
    8 JuneInternational Day of Action for Elephants
    12 AugustWorld Elephant Day
    22 SeptemberNational Elephant Appreciation Day


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