Posted on 03/29/2019 9:09:50 AM PDT by C19fan
At around 8.15pm on September 15, 1885, Jumbo, the celebrity elephant in P.T. Barnum’s circus had finished his evening performance early in Ontario, Canada. Matthew Scott, Jumbo’s lifelong trainer began the arduous process of loading the enormous animal back into his ornate boxcar that was lacquered with crimson and gold paint and featured massive double doors in the middle to facilitate easy access for the seven ton animal celebrity.
The circus handlers were under strict orders from the Grand Trunk Railroad depot not to begin loading the elephants until 9.55pm, long after a westbound express freight train was due to pass through the small station. Locomotive #151 has been barreling down the track as planned when its conductor, noticed an indistinct, hulking silhouette in the distance. As he got closer, he noticed two elephants standing on the track.
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I should clarify the body was destroyed long before I arrived there.
/src on/Considering Jumbo was so abused I demand Tufts change its mascot and rename Barnum Hall./src off/
So, the Jumbo the elephant was hit by a train...flew 50 yards in the air...and that is what inspired Dumbo?
—So, the Jumbo the elephant was hit by a train...flew 50 yards in the air...and that is what inspired Dumbo?-—
Just the name. Dumbo’s actual name is “Jumbo Jr.”, and “Dumbo” was a slur.
Interestingly, the word ‘jumbo’, meaning extra large, is derived from the name of that animal. It was named that because it sounded African I suppose. Justice for Jumbo!
“Jumbo” in Pittsburgh means bologna.
Specifically jumbo bologna, which had a larger circumference than the standard kind.
Locals abbreviated and refer to it simply as “jumbo”.
I thought it was going to be about the 1901 elephant electrocution of Jumbo.
Grand Trunk Railroad was a helluva band.
It got them closer to their home.
Well, at least Edison didn’t electrocute it.
(I was trying to think of a clever pun involving a 70’s rock band, but I can’t quite figure out how to work the circus into “We’re an American Band”....)
So, back to George Carlin’s question:
Does ‘Jumbo Shrimp’ refer to a really big prawn or a really small elephant?
An old story from India. Samboo’s father and mother were Jumbo and Mumbo, respectively.
They were inseparable after that and roamed the sanctuary side by side for five years before the rescued one died..........
—Well, at least Edison didn’t electrocute it.-—
I assume you’re referring to what happened to Topsy at Coney Island.
That one really makes me sad.
Jumbo Shrimp is Boogaloo Shrimp’s obese brother.
‘Breakin’ Two; Electric Boogaloo’ was somehow overlooked by the Academy that year....
Doesn’t it, though. I would say that Edison was a sick you-know-what, but given that I first found out about that on one of those Nikolai Tesla worship sites, I’m inclined to take it with a few grains of salt.
Which is to say, Edison might have done it, but odds are there were another dozen or so ‘inventors’ who wished they’d thought of it first. He probably didn’t hold a monopoly on sick you-know-whattery.
I’m just glad it wouldn’t happen now.
I’m definitely not a PETA sympathizer (I’m sane). I have nothing against meat-eaters, pets, well-run zoos, or even circuses. I have no problem with training animals to do tricks.
I just want animals in such situations to be treated well and not abused by the people who care for them.
Elephants are highly intelligent and sensitive creatures. Their long memories and family bonds are a real thing. They - at the very least - deserve the same treatment you’d give to a well-loved dog or cat.
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