Above is an elephant born in 1982 making him 26 years old. Below is Roman born in 1983 making him 25 years old.
This is the you tube which decided that Roman was indeed BIG BOY the Million Dollar Elephant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZp3gE4OkZs
This is another you tube of BIG BOY THE MILLION DOLLAR ELEPHANT. He became The Million Dollar Elephant because that is what it is rumored for years that Ringling Bros. paid for Tommy or King Tusk. I wonder if David Blasko who owned Roman could confirm that amount, or is that some more Circus "tongue in cheek?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dgt8noGhM
Now let's look at this statement, and look at what we learned: "That is the beauty of Buckles blog, with a few opinions we always get to the facts."
The title of the tape is CIRCO CHINO DE PEKIN.
I gather this is a Chinese Circus.
The elephant is rather raw boned in build which makes him perfect for those power tricks which are usually lost as they grow up and gain weight.
The prop guy looks looks Spanish and learned how to roll a tub from Gunther.
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Buckles,
Again deferring to your expertize, I would have guessed him at 16-20. How raw boned should you keep them for power tricks, before it does physical damage in the future as they mature and gain weight? Or doesn't it have any bearing?
Wade Burck
On second viewing "Big Boy" looks more the age Wade Burck suggests.
Buckles
Now we learned that in addition to being raw boned, he is between 16 and 20, but no answer to how raw boned should you keep them for power tricks, before it does physical damage in the future as they mature and gain weight? Or doesn't it have any bearing?" And this "who also went South" is something you don't even want to touch or ask about.
Jim Z said...
In '94 I delivered Blasko's Male Roman to Mexico (He thought it was goin to a Zoo, which it did, Fuentes Zoo)
Now we learned that Roman who became THE MILLION DOLLAR ELEPHANT when he was 10, was thought to have been sold to a zoo, by the man who sold him instead of to Circus Fuentes.
Let review what we have learned so far with only a few opinions. THE MILLION DOLLAR ELEPHANT is actually Roman who was sold to, they thought a zoo in 1994 and although he looks like he is between 16-20 years old he is actually 25. His "a bit on the lean side" physic, is actually "rather raw boned in build which makes him perfect for those power tricks which are usually lost as they grow up and gain weight. "What we didn't learn was "How raw boned should you keep them for power tricks, before it does physical damage in the future as they mature and gain weight? Or doesn't it have any bearing?"
"Remember an elephant that looks between 16-20 is actually 25 and was on his way to a zoo when he was ten. His name was Roman, and he is raw boned and not lean. Is there anything else we learned, or have I missed something?
Oh yes, as you go backwards the controversy at the Dallas zoo involves sending an elephant to a zoo in Mexico
The young man working THE MILLION DOLLAR ELEPHANT was in Monte Carlo last year as a trapeze artist.
"This elephant is called Big Boy, belonging to the Fuentes-Gasca family. He is billed as "el elefante de los miliones de dollares". The guy in white presenting Big Boy and applauding is not less than Gino Maravilla: the very same that achieves the quadruple.' But that's alright his father bought the elephant for him, and his father owns the show. So he is more then qualified to handle a mature male elephant. That's what the extra "eye grease" was hiding. But he has a lot of help. If you look at the various you tubes of THE MILLION DOLLAR ELEPHANT you will see at least 4 different people presenting him and his act. I would like to ask the preeminent expert if he thinks that is advisable, but I am sure I will not get an answer. Watch the you tube of THE MILLION DOLLAR ELEPHANT doing what is called a "power trick", or a "hind leg walk" watch the moisture exhale out the end of his truck when he finishes. Now hold your breath for a long time, and then exhale. Why do we and animals normally hold our breath?
What we didn't learn was "How raw boned should you keep them for power tricks, before it does physical damage in the future as they mature and gain weight? Or doesn't it have any bearing?"
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Buckles,
I will defer to your expertize, but do you think he is a bit on the lean side? The "eye grease" appears to be disguising other "drainage".
Wade Burck