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A white elephant (also albino elephant) is a rare kind of elephant. In Myanmar two have been found and caught, the second one in 2002 after an elephant finding team had searched for one month [1]. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1113x835, 188 KB) A royal white elephant, as depicted in Thai artwork in or near the second half of the nineteenth century; the original artist is unknown. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1113x835, 188 KB) A royal white elephant, as depicted in Thai artwork in or near the second half of the nineteenth century; the original artist is unknown. ...
Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephas recki (extinct) Stegodon (extinct) Deinotherium (extinct) Mammuthus (extinct) Elephantidae (the elephants) is the only extant family in the order Proboscidea. ...
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In Thailand, white elephants are sacred and a symbol of royal power; all those discovered are presented to the king (usually this is ceremonial — they are not taken into captivity) and the more white elephants the king has, the greater his standing. The current king Bhumibol Adulyadej owns ten — considered a great achievement, and probably due to modern communications. The Chakri dynasty have ruled Thailand since king Taksin was declared mad in 1782. ...
Bhumibol Adulyadej, King Rama IX of Thailand His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great (ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช, actually pronounced Phumiphon Adunyadet), King Rama IX of Thailand, born December 5, 1927, has been King of Thailand since 1946. ...
A white elephant in Thailand is not necessarily albino, although it must have pale skin. Candidate animals are assessed according to a series of physical and behavioural criteria (including eye colour, the shape of the tail and ears, and intelligence). Those which pass the tests are then assigned to one of four categories and are offered to the king, although the lower grades are sometimes refused. Albinism is a genetic condition resulting in a lack of pigmentation in the eyes, skin and hair. ...
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In the past, lower grade white elephants were given as gifts to the king's friends and allies. The animals needed a lot of care and, being sacred, could not be put to work, so were a great financial burden on the recipient - and only the monarch and the very rich could afford them. According to one story, white elephants were sometimes given as a present to some enemy (often a lesser noble with whom the king was displeased). The unfortunate recipient, unable to make any profit of it, and obliged to take care of it, would suffer bankruptcy and ruin. Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their creditors. ...
Because of this, the term "white elephant" came, in English, to mean a thing which is more trouble than it is worth, or has outlived its usefulness to the person who has it. While the item may be useful to others, its current owner would usually be glad to be rid of it. By reason of this, commercially, a "white elephant" might be available to purchase at a very favorable price. An example of such an item might be a mansion whose maintenance costs exceed the capacity of its owners.
After New York Giants manager John McGraw told the press that Philadelphia businessman Benjamin Shibe had "bought himself a white elephant" by acquiring the Philadelphia Athletics baseball team in 1901, A's manager Connie Mack selected the elephant as the team symbol and mascot. The team is occasionally referred to as the White Elephants. The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California. ...
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Connie Mack can refer to three different people: Connie Mack, the Hall of Fame baseball manager, player and owner. ...
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White elephants are also used as a metaphor for an unborn child in Ernest Hemingway's short story, "Hills Like White Elephants". Ernest Hemingway, 1950 Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist and short story writer. ...
Hills Like White Elephants is a short story by Ernest Hemingway. ...
Other The NSA maintained two secure document destruction facilities, known as White Elephant 1 and 2. NSA can stand for: National Security Agency of the USA The British Librarys National Sound Archive This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
See also Hanno (in Italian, Annone) was the pet white elephant of Pope Leo X (born Giovanni deMedici), and the subject of the book The Popes Elephant: An Elephants Journey from Deep in India to the Heart of Rome by Silvio A. Bedini. ...
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Seeing pink elephants is a euphemism for drunken hallucination. ...
Reference - Mahidol University: The Royal White Elephants
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