ELEPHANTS AT MEMPHIS ZOO, LIVE WEBCAM

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  • Location: Memphis Zoo, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
  • Source: www.memphiszoo.org
  • Info: Live streaming webcam showing elephants at Memphis Zoo in Tennessee. The elephant cam shows the female African elephants outside enclosure and their pool for bathing.

    To view elephants in the wild in Africa, visit the Tembe Elephant Park webpage.

Info: Memphis Zoo sadly lost Tyranza one of its beloved elephants in 2020. Tyranza, or Ty as she was affectionately called was the oldest African elephant in North America at 56 and she set the record for the longest-lived African elephant in North America as well.

Ty was born in the wild in 1964, where it is believed she was orphaned. After a short stint as a circus elephant with Ringling Brothers, she was retired to Memphis Zoo in 1977. She was 12 years old at the time. Former associate curator, Houston Winbigler was one of the first to meet Ty when she arrived in Memphis and he worked with her for almost 40 years. For the last 43 years, Tyranza was the matriarch of the Zoo’s elephant herd.

Additional Information:
  • Loxodonta africana, African bush elephant - Animal Diversity Web - animaldiversity.org
  • African Elephants Fact Sheet: Summary - San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library - ielc.libguides.com
  • More About Elephants - Seaworld - Seaworls.org
  • African Elephant - World Wildlife Fund - worldwildlife.org
  • African Elephant - Species Fact Sheet - World Wildlife Fund - worldwildlife.org