CINCINNATI ZOO GUIDE 
Elephant 
but it has since been ascertained from reliable authority that 
the young elephant nurses with its mouth, like other animals. 
The young grasps the nipple with the side of its mouth. When 
in danger the mother takes her calf between her fore legs and 
holds it close to her with her trunk. 
With good care, the elephant lives a long time while in 
captivity. Some authors claim they live one hundred and 
twenty-five and even one hundred and fifty years, but it is 
supposed that seventy-five to one hundred years is about the 
life of the elephant. 
The principal food for elephants in captivity is hay, oats, 
bran, carrots, and potatoes. 
Lil. This good-natured old elephant, is now supposed to be 
eighty years old. She was imported to this country in 1892, and 
was purchased by the Zoo in 1913. Previous to that time she had 
been owned by five different shows. She stands eight feet six 
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