Carl Akeleys Fighting African Elephants

Description: ELEFINT. Or, how do you taxidermy an elephant? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thebrainscoop The Brain Scoop is written and hosted by: Emily Graslie Created By: Hank Green Directed, Edited, Animated, and Scored by: Michael Aranda Production Assistant: Katie Kirby Filmed on Location and Supported by: The Field Museum in Chicago, IL (http://www.fieldmuseum.org) Photo Credits: Trees, mountains, water, scenery. Lake Elementeita, small lake west of the Aberdare Range, where Carl E. Akeley shot one of the elephants.:© The Field Museum, CSZ20136, Photographer Carl Akeley. http://io9.com/the-woman-who-shot-ele... Several men from Safari walking down from the mountain and are carrying collections including tusks and skulls of the Elephants: © The Field Museum, CSZ20242, Photographer Carl Akeley. [about 20 men] Porters carrying Elephant skull and tusks with dense jungle in the background. They are making their way down from the mountain.: © The Field Museum, CSZ20253, Photographer Carl Akeley. Skull and 2 tusks of old bull Elephant (of Museum group) shot by Mrs. Delia Akeley: © The Field Museum, CSZ20004, Photographer Carl Akeley. Image of the elephants in armature © AMNH Negative Logbook 16 410833 - American Museum of Natural History Carl Akeley creating model of Bull Elephant for Elephant group © American Museum of Natural History, 330591 African Elephants Group (Loxodonta africana Proboscidea Elephantidae) front view. Security guard in uniform stands on left side. Background shows the columns that have been draped with large white sheets. White plaster miniature sculpture from Agriculture Building at the World's Columbian Exposition. Shows "Harvest" a Chariot sculpture group for Colonnade by Mr. M. A. Waagen. Columbian Rotunda of Field Columbian Museum, Jackson Park. Taxidermy by Carl Akeley: © The Field Museum, CSZ29277_A, Photographer Charles Carpenter. Lowell Shapley!: http://gulfcoastwaterfowl.com/ Thanks to Enrico Cioni, Katerina Idrik, Tony Chu, Barbara Velázquez, and Seth Bergenholtz for the awesome translated captions!