He was also an aficionado of venomous spiders and reptiles, a large collection of which was also housed in the Nautilus building. He ran a business that involved the importation of a variety of wild animals, ranging from tropical fish to snakes, parrots and monkeys. Jones's household included a jaguar named "Gaylord" that had free run of the house and even slept on the bed with his daughter. He once retrofitted several of his jumbo jets in order to transport 63 baby elephants, that had been orphaned in Africa, to his Jumbo Lair compound in Florida. Jones filmed the entire operation for television and entitled it Operation Elephant. He once appeared on the Tonight Show with his wife Terri and presented Johnny Carson with a rhino horn and explained to Carson that drinking ground-up rhino horn was an aphrodisiac. Jones was the creator of the "Jumbolair" estate, originally created as a haven of 350 acres (1.4 km2) for orphaned African elephants and other wildlife. He also kept two rhinos and a 600 lb male silverback gorilla that he named Mickey on the Jumbo Lair compound. After WWII, he developed and owned a zoo in Slidell, Louisiana. Jones was an accomplished pilot, which was especially useful for the animal import-export businesses that he ran prior to the founding of Nautilus Sports Medical Industry. He also founded MedX Corporation, in which he invested 120 million dollars, to develop medical-based exercise and testing equipment for the cervical spine, lumbar spine and the knee. In 1962, he wrote, produced, and directed the movie Voodoo Swamp. References Sources "In Florida's horse country, a community with jet appeal: Jumbolair", reprinted from the Associated Press. "In Conversation with Arthur Jones", by Brian D. Johnston Interview with Arthur Jones "Muscle Man" (Time) by Stephen Koepp Arthur Jones famous bulletin about HIT training External links New York Times Obituary Arthur Jones' written works free online Arthur Jones online museum (subscription required) Link to pdf on "long overdue academic recognition" of Jones' contribution to the field of exercise physiology Jumbolair website MedX Corporation website Nautilus, Inc. website Link to partial bio of Nautilus, as written by Arthurs' son W E Jones Nautilus Bulletin Number 1 Nautilus Bulletin Number 2 Link to pictures and videos of Arthur Jones 1926 births 2007 deaths 20th-century American inventors People associated with physical culture People from Ocala, Florida People from Seminole, Oklahoma Inventors from Arkansas