Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Spike (Ganesha) at Smithsonian National Zoological Park

Location

Spike (Ganesha) is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at Smithsonian National Zoological Park, in United States.

Spike (Ganesha) arrived Smithsonian National Zoological Park 2018-03-24, relocated from Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Busch Gardens Africa), in United States.

In Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Spike (Ganesha) lives together with 4 other elephants with records as alive in this database:

1. ♀ Bozie born 1975
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2. ♀ Kamala born 1975-09-00
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3. ♀ Maharani (Rani) born 1990-07-14
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4. ♀ Swarna born 1975
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See also a more detailed list with the elephants arrival dates etc.


Offspring

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Total: 4 babies

1. (F) 2004-11-16 -- † 2004-12-07 Keemaya SSP id: 554
2. (F) 2007-08-09 -- † 2008-11-01 Malti SSP id: 648
3. (M) 2012-10-24 -- † 2012-10-24 miscarriage (twin) SSP id: 745
4. () 2012-10-24 -- † 2012-10-24 miscarriage (twin) SSP id: 746

Origin

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Spike (Ganesha) was born captive-born 1981-07-02 at Zoo Miami (Miami Metro Zoo).

Parentage

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Parents of Spike (Ganesha) are: ♂ Dahlip (father) and ♀ Seetna (mother).

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Siblings through the father Dahlip:

1. 1977-04-02 -- † 1977-04-19 (F) Rocky
2. 1985-10-28 -- † 1985-10-30 (F) Pearl
3. 1996-05-22 -- † 1996-05-22 (M) unborn

Siblings through the mother Seetna:

1. 1977-04-02 - † 1977-04-19 (F) Rocky
2. 1985-10-28 - † 1985-10-30 (F) Pearl
3. 1996-05-22 - † 1996-05-22 (M) unborn

Pedigree

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Spike (Ganesha)s ancestral Pedigree:

P	I	II	III
Spike (Ganesha)	Sire (f): Dahlip Born: 1966?	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
			Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
			Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Seetna Born: 1966-07-10 Dead:	Sire mf: Born: Dead:	Sire mff:
			Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born: Dead:	Sire mmf:
			Dame mmm:

Spike was born at the Miami Metro Zoo, came to Calgary Zoo in 1992, right after hurricane ''Andrew'' devastated the Zoo there. He now weighs 12,500 lbs...11.5 ft at the shoulder. He is a wonderful big guy to work with...loved to bits by all the guys in the barn. Happy 28th big fella!"
Brent Van Hooft, Elephant Keeper Calgary Zoo, 2009-07-02

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/09/20/spike-the-elephant-safely-arrives-at-busch-gardens-in-florida
  
• Brent Van Hooft, Elephant Keeper Calgary Zoo
  
• Article and Image at ShowMe Elephants: "Bulls of Zoo Miami," 02/04/2011
  
• https://nationalzoo.si.edu/news/smithsonians-national-zoo-welcomes-male-asian-elephant

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Smithsonian National Zoological Park
• More elephants from: United States
• More elephants that was born: 1981-07-02
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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