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ELEPHANT DISPLACES LION AS KING OF BEASTS

LIONS have been enjoying the title of “King of Beasts” which really belongs to the elephant, according to Harry C. Ostrander, naturalist. The elephant does not

Possess the regal bearing of the lion, but he can think faster and has a remarkable memory, as witness the truism of the showmen, “an elephant never forgets an injury.”