{"id":20211,"date":"2013-02-25T12:34:28","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T17:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=20211"},"modified":"2013-02-25T12:34:28","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T17:34:28","slug":"i-never-knew-the-natural-history-museum-elephant-was-named-henry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2013\/02\/i-never-knew-the-natural-history-museum-elephant-was-named-henry\/","title":{"rendered":"I never knew the Natural History museum elephant was named Henry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/8370\/8502286198_32808bfdd7_b.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 <\/strong>Among other things I learned during a recent trip to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.si.edu\/\">Smithsonian<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnh.si.edu\/\">National Museum of Natural History<\/a> was that the elephant in the main lobby had a name. He&#8217;s Henry!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the origin of the name is unknown, the details of Henry were published in June 6, 1956 <em>Sports Illustrated<\/em> &#8211; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/vault\/article\/magazine\/MAG1069744\/2\/index.htm\">The Biggest Elephant Ever Killed By Man<\/a><\/strong>. Big game hunter <strong>Josef F\u00e9nyk\u00f6vi<\/strong> hunted the elephant on his ranch in Angola and later donated it to the Natural History museum. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/biggest-elephant-ever-killed-by-man-a-natural-history-museum-symbol-meeting-place\"><strong>It took sixteen months for Smithsonian taxidermists to prepare Henry for display<\/strong><\/a> (<em>Wash. 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