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On this day in 1885 Jumbo the elephant died after being hit by a train. Jumbo was sold to P.T. Barnum by London Zoo in 1882 and soon after Barnum's purchase, thanks to his constant hyping of the animal to reporters, the word 'Jumbo' became a common way of describing something very large. Barnum maintained that Jumbo had died saving the life of a young circus elephant and exhibited the animal's taxidermied hide for several years after the animals death; other witnesses to the incident claim Barnum's story was complete poppycock. Knowing Barnum, it almost certainly didn't happen but well, it's a nice story...
And now, the news:
Search for the north American ape
Ice sheet in Greenland melting at record rate
Wife 'mistook husband for bear'
Australian scientists find bats have regional acce...
Fishing bats, remarkable footage (I'd mute the commentary though as it goes off on one about baseball or something unrelated for some reason and kills the mood a bit):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD46QCkLHfY
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