"Big Bingo" #1 (From Kenton Cornish)

02-18-2012 02;44;05PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr. Dear Sir, I am not sure if I had forwarded this to you earlier. But it is an interesting article about the circus elephant named "Big Bingo" which died suddenly in Columbus Ohio in May 1918 while the Ringling Bros.&Barnum & Bailey show was preforming there. Here is an interesting article from the journal DENTAL SUMMARY Vol.39(1919). Included in the article is a photograph of the skull of the famous elephant Big Bingo . That at one time could be seen on display in the Dental Museum at Ohio State University,but no longer. I do not know what became of its skull in later years, as Ohio State University appears to no longer have it. It is interesting to note how well its tusks were developed for a mature female Asian elephant.