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Hobbits could have seen/heard of an oliphaunt before they populated the Shire. We don't really know their origins, but we do know that they came from somewhere. If they saw a creature like that much earlier in history and turned it into a legend of their own - uncnnected with other nations. (Like Mad-Baggins, perhaps?)
Does anyone know if there is some reason for the apparant similarity between olihaunt and elephant?
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