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When PT Barnum wanted big, he knew where to go: London Zoo, England, where a 20-year old elephant named Jumbo had been on display for all his life. Captured in Central Africa as a baby, he grew serious for a 7 tons and 11.5 meters high. Barnum went to the Zoological Society of London and offered to buy animals from them for his circus.

The controversy that has happened, for fun Barnum, that residents of London begged him not to be sold and shipped, and declared a national treasure. The Company, however, was more than happy to have Jumbo road, and the price of $ 10,000 has probably helped to convince them as well. Jumbo was shipped to America with his life and goalkeeper trainer, Matthew Scott. He truly became Barnum's Prize Elephant, the focal point of the Barnum circus, and was seen by millions.

Three years after joining the circus, tragedy struck. Well, actually, the train struck, while crossing a track in St. Thomas, Ontario, Jumbo she took in the shorts by a locomotive from the opposite direction and was killed instantly. It took 150 men to carry the carcass away.

In other circumstances this would be the end of the story, but it was PT Barnum we speak, he Jumbo stuffed and put on display with the circus for years, with the skeleton. Matthew Scott, the broken heart, remained as a caretaker for the other animals at the circus until his death decades later.

Lives on the legacy of Jumbo, of course. Disney's "Dumbo" is a play off the original name, like Jumbo came to symbolize the names of all the elephants, and only this massive elephant came on the scene as "jumbo" has become synonymous with "Big "America. Let us raise a cup Jumbo to his memory.

Timeline
1861, a three-year-old elephant named Jumbo was later captured by traders in the present Sudan. Finally, he went to Paris.
1865 meets and befriends the dashing Matthew Scott, who will remain throughout his coach and guardian. Scott organized with London Zoo for Jumbo to be exchanged against a rhinoceros.
1882 PT Barnum purchases Jumbo London Zoo for $ 10,000 to the dismay of the British people.
April 9, 1882 Jumbo, will debut in New York at Madison Square Garden, bringing to 30,000 dollars for his first performance.
September 15, 1885 While crossing a track in St. Thomas, Ontario, Jumbo was hit and killed by a train. As he lies dying, he offers disarray Scott Matthew a final embrace with his trunk.
September 17, 1885 After his skin and bones preserved, Jumbo body is cremated. More than 3,000 attend. Study of teeth and bones show that when the death of Jumbo was still growing.
1889 Jumbo stuffed skin is given at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, where he becomes their mascot loyal, his bones were donated to the Smithsonian Institute. Initial investment of $ 10,000 is peanuts Barnum: the elephant alone had brought in profit dollars over $ 1,000,000.
April 16, 1975 A fire broke out in the Barnum Museum at Tufts, destroying the building and remains of Jumbo. His ashes are kept in a jar of peanut butter in the department of athletics safe for good luck.

[LuckiiDevil21]

Aww poor Jumbo

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