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Ngokwalolu cwamngo siyathola ukuthi indlovu YlSOna silwane esidume kakhulu<br />
nesaziwa njengenkosi yezilwane. Obayo ubukhosi bungenxa yobukhulu bayo, ulaka<br />
lwayo, amandla ayo kanye nesithunzi sayo.<br />
U-Bulpin nabanye (1984:473) bayakugcizelela ukuthi ngempela indlovu yinkosi<br />
yezilwane lapho bethi:<br />
An elephant is the monarch of the forest, and even the<br />
lordly lion stands aside to let them pass.<br />
Indlovu yinkosi<br />
ayayihlonipha.<br />
yehlathi namabhubesi imbala<br />
Indlovu impunga ngombala noma kwesinye isikhathi ibe nsundu ngokumnyama.<br />
Inesikhumba esilukhuni esiwugqinsi.<br />
I-Encyclopedia Brittannica Umqulu 18 (1995:442) iyavumelana nokushiwo ngenhla<br />
lapho ithi:<br />
An elephant is greyish to brown in colour and its . body<br />
hair is sparce and coarse.<br />
Indlovu impunga okunsundu ngokombala. Umzimba<br />
wayo umbozwe ziboya ezincane eziphephezelayo.<br />
Indlovu inomboko okuyisona sitho esibalulekile emzimbeni wayo, ngoba ihogela<br />
ngawo, iyabamba, isiphule ngawo, idla ngawo, iphuza ngawo, ilwa ngawo.<br />
U-Bulpin nabanye (1984:475) babeka kanje ngomboko wezindlovu:<br />
With their trunks elephants can break down substantial<br />
tree branches to get at the fresh outer twigs and leaves.<br />
They pluck bundles of grass by carrying the end of the<br />
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