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

Location

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

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

1. ♀ Bozie born 1975
2. ♀ Kamala born 1975-09-00
3. ♀ Maharani (Rani) born 1990-07-14
4. ♀ Swarna born 1975

Offspring

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

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

Parentage

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

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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