Amherst or Tufts? (for law)

@Mastadon " For the record, Jumbo was an African Elephant claimed to be 13.1 feet tall at his death and he weighed 13,560lbs."

The key word here is “claimed.” PT Barnum was a notorious exaggerator - that was his most charming feature. Jumbo was actually between 10 and 11 feet tall (which is absolutely huge for an elephant). Barnum’s people first claimed that he was 11.5 feet, and when that was not impressive enough, gradually grew the story until he was over 13 feet tall.

Jumbo probably did weigh more than the Amherst Mammoth. Mammoths were lean, mean, fighting machines. Jumbo, in contrast, was a gentle soul who lived his entire life in captivity and got rather portly. :smiley: