Why Did Medieval Artists Give Elephants Trunks That Look Like Trumpets?
In medieval bestiaries, we are liable to see real... ...s of elephants that showed the same inaccuracy: a trunk shaped like a trumpet. Could those artists possib... ...ory it told of elephants was about sex. While the trunk shape is never fully explained, the search for th...
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