Methai (Me Thai)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Houston Zoo in United States

♀ Methai (Me Thai)
Identification
SSP nr127
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 53 years old
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 1969 wild
Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Offspring
Total: 5 babies
1. Born 1984-02-01
(dead † 1988-08-26)		♂ Bopper (Beau Thai) SSP id: 128
2. Born 1987-12-31
(dead † 1998-08-30)		♂ Kiba SSP id: 277
3. Born 1991-07-17
(dead † 2004-09-05)		♀ Kimba SSP id: 311
4. Born 1993-12-29
(dead † 2000-01-01)		♀ Singgah SSP id: 352
5. Born 2003-12-28
(dead † 2003-12-29)		♀ none SSP id: 550
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Houston Zoo, in United States
Date of arrival
1981-05-08Houston Zoo
from Manizales Zoo
Manizales Zoo
from Elephant Mountain (Morgan Berry)
1978-00-00Elephant Mountain (Morgan Berry)
from Winston Wildlife Safari
1975-00-00Winston Wildlife Safari
from Elephant Mountain (Morgan Berry)
1970-00-00Elephant Mountain (Morgan Berry)
from Thailand unspecified location
Record history
History of updates2018-12-07:
Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography

Location

Methai (Me Thai) is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Houston Zoo, in United States.

Methai (Me Thai) arrived in 1981-05-08 to the Houston Zoo, relocated from the Manizales Zoo, in Colombia.

Methai (Me Thai) lives together with 12 other elephants at the Houston Zoo:
  1. 6. ♂ Baylor born 2010-05-04
  2. 7. ♂ Duncan born 2014-02-08
  3. 8. ♀ Joy born 2017-07-12
  4. 9. ♂ Nelson born 2020-05-12
  5. 10. ♀ Shanti born 1990-10-11
  6. 11. ♂ Teddy born 2021-05-16
  7. 12. ♀ Tess born 1981
  8. 13. ♂ Thai (Thailand) born 1965
  9. 14. ♀ Tilly born 2018-06-17
  10. 15. ♂ Tucker born 2005-05-12
  11. 16. ♀ Tupelo born 2010-10-03
  12. 17. ♀ Winnie born 2021-03-10

detailed list with arrival dates etc.

Offspring

  1. (M) 1984-02-01 -- † 1988-08-26 Bopper (Beau Thai) SSP id: 128
  2. (M) 1987-12-31 -- † 1998-08-30 Kiba SSP id: 277
  3. (F) 1991-07-17 -- † 2004-09-05 Kimba SSP id: 311
  4. (F) 1993-12-29 -- † 2000-01-01 Singgah SSP id: 352
  5. (F) 2003-12-28 -- † 2003-12-29 none SSP id: 550

Origin

Methai (Me Thai) was born wild 1969 at Asia unspecified location.


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Cured from Elephant herpes virus

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Methai (Me Thai), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Houston Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 26 January 2022 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1741. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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