† Hebe (Babe) is a dead Lost to follow-up Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1912? at Unknown, in Unknown, .
Hebe (Babe) was born wild 1860 at Sri Lanka unspecified location, captured 1870 . and imported 1871 by Elbert Howes, by ship from Colombo
From the Ceylon-import 1871. Dead around 1912? Although her mother, Hebe, commonly known about the show as Babe, was one of the best-natured elephants I ever knew, the daughter grew meaner and meaner as she got older, until in 1905 or 1906 she had to be killed. Mr. Bates, who was assistant superintendent of elephants for a long period of years, told me she inherited her vicious disposition from her sire. W. Henry Sheak, The Elephant in Captivity, Natural History, September-October 1922
Although her mother, Hebe, commonly known about the show as Babe, was one of the best-natured elephants I ever knew, the daughter grew meaner and meaner as she got older, until in 1905 or 1906 she had to be killed. Mr. Bates, who was assistant superintendent of elephants for a long period of years, told me she inherited her vicious disposition from her sire.
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