Murza
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Odessa Zoo in Ukraine

Biography

☨ ♀ Murza

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Odessa Zoo, in Ukraine

Date of arrival

	Odessa Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2022-03-27

Latest document update	2021-09-26 15:44:10
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† Murza is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Odessa Zoo, in Ukraine, .

Origin

Murza was born wild at Asia unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

In the 1940s four year old elephant Murza (Ìóðçà) escaped. It ran to the fruit section of the Privoz market and ate several apples, pulled out pickled cucumbers from a barrel, tasted some fresh cabbage and dried fruits. Murza was caught and returned to the zoo. A popular Russian comedy film, "The Stripped Trip" was inspired by this incident.

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Murza, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Odessa Zoo in Ukraine. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3197. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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