The African bush elephant is one of the heaviest land animals with adult male weighing up to 11 tonnes, and adult females can weigh up to 5.4 tonnes ...
As the largest land animal on Earth, an elephant has few natural predators. It is mainly the young, old, or sick that become prey for observant predators, but there are a few animals with the right ...
Hyped as ‘the biggest elephant’ in the world, Jumbo was met by a record-breaking crowd and hauled up Broadway in his crate. More than a century after his death, mystery still swirls around Jumbo.
Was he really the biggest elephant in the world? How did he die? And was he suffering from tuberculosis? Untouched for decades, Jumbo’s bones are locked away for safekeeping. But for the first ...