But all of them began to make excuses for not helping: the elephant was too dignified; the lion, too proud; and so on.

可是所有的动物都开始寻找借口推脱了：大象说自己太尊贵；狮子说自己太没面子了；如此等等。

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It is surrounded by two peaks; the Elephant and the Lion Mountain.

被大象山和狮子山这两座峰顶所环围。

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But once the lion infuriate it, the elephant will combat with it in its own way: use its proboscides to roll the lion up and throw it away or drive down its ivories to butt or lift its foot to stamp.

此外，大象从来不主动伤害别人，与人无争，从不惹事，但如果狮子惹怒了它，它会用自己的方式对付狮子：用长鼻卷起来摔，用象牙挑或用脚踩。

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The Big Five are five large animals: the elephant,lion,leopard, rhinoceros and buffalo.

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The elephant bull continues to chase the lion, holding him at bay and allowing the younger, slower elephants to put some distance between themselves and the super-predators.

WSJ: Walk With the Animals

Roaming the reserve are the so-called big five--lion, leopard, rhino, elephant and buffalo--in addition to hippo, giraffe, zebra, warthog, hyena, springbok, wildebeest, and a multitude of smaller creatures and birds.

FORBES: Magazine Article

In the next few hours, we saw African buffalo, elephant, warthog, giraffe, lion and hyena, snapping countless close-up photos.

BBC: On the hunt with Hemingway