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Why do elephants have big ear flaps?

✍ Scribed by Arunn Narasimhan

Book ID: 107589627
Publisher: Indian Academy of Sciences
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 942 KB
Volume: 13
Category: Article
ISSN: 0971-8044
DOI: 10.1007/s12045-008-0070-5

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