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Maine Wants To Be The Elephants Again For April Fools

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The University of Maine hasn’t always been the Black Bears, they were once the mighty Maine Elephants. In 1908 you would have thought of an elephant when you though of Maine.

Sadly in 1909 tragedy struck and Maine’s elephant mascot passed away under some incredible circumstances.

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The story of how Maine’s elephant died is rather strange… and it comes from a 1909 newspaper that seems light on actual details. The paper seems to imply that Maine abandoned their elephant and the students at Bowdoin College tried to revive him.