An international team of scientists conduct an unprecedented examination of Jumbo’s bones to uncover answers 130 years after the elephant superstar’s death in Canada. Jumbo, the most famous ...

Deep inside the American Museum of Natural History in New York City lies the skeleton of Jumbo, a creature so large ... Was he really the biggest elephant in the world? How did he die?

he went so far as to transform the elephant into double Jumbo by making displays of both the skeleton and the stuffed hide. Evidence of the lasting impact of Barnum’s relentless hyping of his ...

was invited as lead scientist on the 'Attenborough and the Giant Elephant' documentary. As part of the project Dr Thomas spent a week in New York analysing Jumbo's skeleton, which offered vital clues ...

After the show, Jumbo and a small elephant called Tom Thumb were being ... And with no evidence of fractures on the skeleton, he concludes the most likely cause of death was internal bleeding ...

and he soon toured the world with his stuffed elephant as the show's centerpiece. Four years later, Jumbo's stuffed remains were donated to Tufts, while his skeleton was given to the American Museum ...

David Attenborough investigates the remarkable life story of Jumbo the elephant - the animal superstar ... With unique access to Jumbo's skeleton at the American Museum of Natural History, the ...

a time when “hardly anyone in Europe had ever seen an elephant”. 3 David and his team of scientists examine Jumbo’s skeleton at America’s Museum of Natural History as his bones offer clues ...

NEW YORK — Jumbo the elephant died, holding his keeper’s ... and reassembling his skeleton. These remains were exhibited all through the 1886 circus season. They proved a big hit — and ...

In Victorian England, one of the great attractions at the London Zoo was Jumbo the elephant. Jumbo seemed sweet and friendly. He ate the sugared buns people pushed through his cage. He gave ...

David Attenborough investigates the remarkable life and death of Jumbo the elephant - a celebrity animal ... With unique access to Jumbo’s skeleton at the American Museum of Natural History ...