Note that the Tufts community fully supports Amherst’s decision to change mascots. We welcome them as a new, but extinct member to our Elepantidae family. On the athletic field, though, it is survival of the fittest. Mother Nature has already spoken on this subject and the Jumbos are the clear winner. Of course Mother Nature was validated this past weekend when the Tufts Womens Lacrosse Team beat Amherst 11-7. The Jumbos emerged victorious despite the thermal advantages afforded by the Mammoth’s small ears and long hairy coats on the remote frozen tundra of Amherst’s home field.
@ohiomomof2 - For the record, Jumbo was an African Elephant claimed to be 13.1 feet tall at his death and he weighed 13,560lbs. The Columbian Mammoth skeleton at Amherst was found in Florida (not locally) and it is estimated to have been about 12 feet tall and weighed about 10,000 lbs.
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