† Tantor is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1989-08-02 at Toronto Zoo, in Canada, . Official death reason described as heart failure.
In most cases what you do is charge them back – it’s just like a big bluff. But he started to come at me and I knew this was the time to get the hell out of there. I didn’t know I could still move that fast.
Tantor was born wild 1969 at Asia unspecified location, captured 1971 .
"Tantor, 20, died 1989 from Heart failure shortly after surgery for tusk extraction due to infection." His full Skeleton is held at the Royal Ontario Museum (in storage) while his preserved Heart is on display at the Ontario Science Centre. He was measured at 11ft 2in tall and 14,300 lbs at his death (20 yrs old).
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