# @gettymuseum on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CSewTanF-Xx
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34228999-gettymuseum-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/33b74c7a24.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-08-12T16:09:52.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty (@gettymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/gettymuseum

## Caption

What animal is large enough to carry a castle upon its back, has no knees, and can rival a dragon?

According to medieval bestiaries, the answer is the elephant. Encyclopedic books of creatures popular in the Middle Ages present the elephant as an implausible creature that unites a biblical message with extreme size and strength.

From asexuality to an inability to bend at the knee, explore medieval "facts" regarding elephants at our #LinkInBio.
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🏷️: #getty #elephants #elephantday #middleages #manuscript

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