Talk:Bahamut Physiology/@comment-32798456-20190612134851/@comment-24053170-20190612172411

Before you say anything else, please read this-

"In some sources, Bahamut is described as having a head resembling a hippopotamus or elephant".

Rose, Carol (2001). Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. p. 37. ISBN 0-393-32211-4.

This looks to plainly to be a misstatement of Borges (which is Rose's source #18). What Borges wrote was "Bahamut .. At first a hippopotamus or an elephant, at last it was transformed into a fish.." Anyways this is not verifiable in any highly reliable sources or primary sources.

As you can see, the whole deal with it being a hippo or elephant was an error in the actual reading of the passage.