Betsy
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Gent Zoo in Belgium

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Betsy  dead elephant



Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Imported:1855? by Unknown
Death
Dead: 1887
Death reason: unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Gent Zoo, in Belgium

Date of arrival

1855-10-11Gent Zoo
Record history
History of updates2020-10-04

Latest document update2021-09-26 01:15:03
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† Betsy is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1887 at Gent Zoo, in Belgium, .

Origin

Betsy was born wild at Asia unspecified location. and imported 1855? by Unknown


Comments / pictures

Audience favorite Betsy, who arrived at the zoo in 1855, died in the winter of 1887-88, after which she was offered at the Universities of Brussels and Ghent. Brussels was not interested because they had too many elephants and Ghent found it too expensive. The Company then decided to just keep the Skull. It was later claimed that the university would have the Skull Betsy: according to tradition, Betsy had a deformed jaw by eating too many cookies and univ indeed possesses a deformed elephant Skull. Small detail: the Skull of an African elephant and Betsy was an Indian elephant.

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Betsy , Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Gent Zoo in Belgium. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 7 October 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3933. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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Categories1887 deaths | Born in Myanmar | 1855 imports | Elephants from Gent Zoo | Belgium | Asian elephants


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