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Topsy (c. 1875 – January 4, 1903) was a female Asian elephant who was electrocuted at Coney Island, New York, in January 1903.Born in Southeast Asia around 1875, Topsy was secretly brought into the United States soon thereafter and added to the herd of performing elephants at the Forepaugh Circus, who fraudulently advertised her as the first elephant born in the United States.
Electrocuting an Elephant - the film in full. The 74-second film opens with Topsy being led past a crowd of people through an unfinished Luna Park to the execution spot, an island in the middle of a "lagoon" used for boat-rides, by elephant handler Carl Goliath. The film cuts and an intervening hour and forty-five minutes are not recorded.
In 1996, when she was 22, Ruby was shipped to the Tulsa Zoo to mate with a male elephant named Allan (who still lives in Tulsa) and lived in Tulsa for about a year. When she became pregnant in 1997, she was returned to Phoenix. Another female Asian elephant, Indu, was loaned from the Houston Zoo to be Ruby's birthing companion.
Elephants bathe in mud for a few different reasons. It helps cool them off and regulate body temperature. Rolling in mud helps protect their skin from insect bites and sun rays.
The baby elephant in this video certainly looks like Dumbo, with his stretched out ears and adorable mannerisms, but we hope his future is brighter than the famous, fictional elephant’s.
The baby elephant's ears are the best part! I couldn't love Fresno Chaffee Zoo's video anymore...unless it was longer, than I'd love it more! Commenter @xMomofFourx agreed, "OMG! The ears, the ...
Milo, the baby elephant, is a “very sturdy chap,” the nature preserve said. ... One of these female elephants, Melia, gave birth to her first calf on Saturday, Oct. 29.
The northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) is one of two species of elephant seal (the other is the southern elephant seal). It is a member of the family Phocidae (true seals ). Elephant seals derive their name from their great size and from the male's large proboscis , which is used in making extraordinarily loud roaring noises ...