Elephant Family

Title

Elephant Family

Artist

Michele Avanti

Medium

Digital Art - Mixed Media

Description

Elephant Family in the River - digital mixed media painting - Michele Avanti

Such an endearing moment, as a big elephant Mom encourages her baby to cross the river. The baby elephant's aunt or sister protects her from behind, patiently waiting the little one to cross. Just a moment in the life one of nature's children. A loving, patient reminder of how much a Mother's love is devoted to protect her baby. Naturally I had to add color because the world of elephants is usually very brown and gray, but I think they are quite colorful, so I add it in. I hope you enjoy this loving piece, perfect for a child's room.

Definition of elephant from Merriam Webster:
1a - : a thickset, usually extremely large, nearly hairless, herbivorous mammal (family Elephantidae, the elephant family) that has a snout elongated into a muscular trunk and two incisors in the upper jaw developed especially in the male into long ivory tusks:

(1): a tall, large-eared mammal (Loxodonta africana) of tropical Africa that is sometimes considered to comprise two separate species (L. africana of sub-Saharan savannas and L. cyclotis of central and western rain forests)
— called also African elephant

(2): a relatively small-eared mammal (Elephas maximus) of forests of southeastern Asia
— called also Asian elephant, Indian elephant

b: any of various extinct relatives of the elephant
— see MAMMOTH, MASTODON
2: one that is uncommonly large or hard to manage

Definition of pachyderm from Merriam Webster Dictionary: any of various non-ruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin

Pachydermos in Greek means literally "having thick skin" (figuratively, it means "dull" or "stupid"). It's from pachys, meaning "thick," and derma, meaning "skin." In the late 1700s the French naturalist Georges Cuvier adapted the Greek term as pachyderme and used it for any one of a whole assemblage of hoofed animals having thickish skin: elephants, hippopotamuses, rhinoceroses, tapirs, horses, pigs, and more. English speakers learned the word from French in the early 1800s. The adjective pachydermatous means "of or relating to the pachyderms" or "thickened" (referring to skin). Not too surprisingly, it also means "callous" or "insensitive" (somewhat unfairly to elephants, which are actually known to be rather sensitive).

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