How do you get elephants?

no

Many are called African or Asian.

The word may have come from Phoenician into Greek or Latin then into French then English. See the link for the on-line etymology.

because it can trap mud and water in the lines (or as you think of it cracks.) and that cools it off

Elephants burrie other elephants bones and usually the stay by the grave for 2-3 weeks.