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Babe (Babylon) — Smithsonian National Zoological Park Washington | mahoot

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Babe (Babylon)

Smithsonian National Zoological Park Washington · United States

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Record completeness

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Life history

Born: 1877
Death reason: disease: collapsed
Age (est.): ~60 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1934-05-16

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Smithsonian National Zoological Park Washington

United States · Zoo

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Transfer history

1934-05-16
Smithsonian National Zoological Park Washington
from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
1919-00-00
Ringling Bros. Circus
from Ringling Bros. Circus
1888-00-00
Dan Costello & Co
from Dan Costello & Co
1887-00-00
Sells Brothers Circus
from Sells Brothers Circus
1885-00-00
Hillard-Maine Circus
from Hillard-Maine Circus
1883-00-00
Great Pacific Circus
from Great Pacific Circus
1881-00-00
Burr Robbins Circus
from Burr Robbins Circus
1880-00-00
London Zoo
from London Zoo

Sources

Time online Article Monday, Aug. 23, 1937

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

Data from elephant.se (Dan A. J. Koehl), CC BY 4.0. Reformatted for search.