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The current mascot, Tarzán X, arrived
December 2003 from a family of champion dogs raised in the State of Texas. The twin daughters of Díaz Piferrer, Margarita and Milagros, have the task of taking care of the canine. According to Diaz Piferrer, he even sleeps in their room with air conditioning. The
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in front of the Mayagüez delegation to the Justas. Yet the statue was mocked by the rival universities fans because it lacked an important part of its male anatomy. Still the university won that year and as soon as the games were over, the students started the task of adding that part of the anatomy
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for durability. This first restoration resulted in an increase in weight, now weighing 150 pounds. The
Process also resulted in the bulldog having a more friendly facial expression. In 1985 it went through another restoration, and yet another one in the nineties when its paint got a touch-up. Other
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Building. Tarzán X died on July 9, 2011, of a heart attack. Tarzán XI died on
October 14, 2020. The new Tarzán XII was introduced on October 21, 2020, at UPRM. He was born on June 27, 2020. He was donated by Dr. Michael Cabán for the Asociación y Fundación Alumni Colegial, presided by Yamileth
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very popular, his character incarnated masculinity, courage and athleticism and for that reason, up until 1946 the university would dress a student up as the loincloth Tarzan to cheer on the Mayagüez student-athletes. In later years a lion and even a
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students had to venerate the dog. A year later Tarzán I died of asphyxiation, victim of a bone he swallowed. Immediately after the demise of the first Tarzan, the students began a collection to replace the unfortunate original. So that
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The result was a huge sculpture with more than ten feet in height and eighty pounds in weight, it was painted in the traditional white and green
Colegio color. The sculpture made its début in April 1967 when it entered the
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dog was donated by the Alumni
Association presided by Dr. Fred Soltero Harrington. Tarzán was baptized in a mass celebrated by Father Edwin Lugo; the religious act was celebrated on January 3, 2003, in the
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to the dog, but in a very pronounced manner. The next year 1968, when the sculpture Tarzán entered the stadium none of the rival students yelled at the dog because nobody could doubt its masculinity.
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would receive better care, he was placed under the custody of don
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and starch because they didn't get the money to buy paste; they also used cardboard to give more strength in some areas, among the students who helped was
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where the graduation takes place. As soon as the students are declared graduates they head out to take a picture with the Paper Tarzán.
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coming to an end, and among the many people that for one reason or another had grabbed the attention of the world press was
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The dog has gone through various restorations; the first was in the seventies when the students decided to cover it with
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were considered for school mascots, but those were ruled out because of the laws would not be allowed to be paraded.
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with the attendance of the entire university. He was tended to in a particular manner; a cage was prepared under a
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