Sanook
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Melbourne Zoo in Australia

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Sanook  dead elephant

Identification

ASMP nr75? (unconfirmed)

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂, unknown age
Origin
Born:* 2013-01-17 captive-born
Birth place: in Melbourne Zoo
Birth weight 131.00 kgs, 288.20 lbs

Parents: Bong Su x ♀ Num-Oi
Death
Dead: 2013-12-03
Death reason: accident:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Melbourne Zoo, in Australia

Date of arrival

2013-01-17Melbourne Zoo
Record history
History of updates2023-08-24

Latest document update2023-02-20 13:01:44
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† Sanook is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2013-12-03 at Melbourne Zoo, in Australia, .

Origin

Sanook was born captive-born 2013-01-17 at Melbourne Zoo.

Parentage


Parents of Sanook are: ♂ Bong Su (father) and ♀ Num-Oi (mother).

Siblings through the father Bong Su:

  1. 2010-01-16(F) Mali
  2. 2010-03-10(M) Pathi Harn
  3. 2010-09-10(M) Ongard
  4. 2013-12-08 -- † 2023-08-24 (M) Man Jai

Siblings through the mother Num-Oi:

  1. 2016-06-15 - † 2016-08-02 (F) Willow
  2. 2023-01-01(F) Kati

Pedigree


Sanooks ancestral Pedigree:
P I II III

Sanook

Sire (f):
Bong Su

Born: 1974-08-03

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Dame m:
Num-Oi

Born: 2001

Sire mf:
Num Sek

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Lampoon

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2013-12-04: Sanook, the 11-month-old Asian elephant calf at Melbourne Zoo has died after becoming entangled in a favourite toy. "The CCTV footage shows that at 7pm while playing with the tyre, Sanook managed to manoeuvre it in an unusual way that caused his head to become caught," Melbourne Zoo director Kevin Tanner said in the statement.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Sanook, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Melbourne Zoo in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=13172. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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