Plai Nam Chok
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Surin unspecified Elephant Camp in Thailand

Biography

☨ ♂ Plai Nam Chok
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Identification


Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 10 years old
Origin
Born:	* 2008 captive-born
Birth place:	in Surin unspecified Elephant Camp
Death
Dead:	†2018-09-15
Death location:	the streets of Bangplee District, Samut Prakarn Province
Death reason:	accident: fell into a pipe hole and suffered from electric shock in the process
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Surin unspecified Elephant Camp, in Thailand

Date of arrival

	Surin unspecified Elephant Camp
Record history
History of updates	2020-09-27

Latest document update	2021-01-31 15:14:28
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† Plai Nam Chok is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2018-09-15 at Surin unspecified Elephant Camp, in Thailand, . Official death reason described as fell into a pipe hole and suffered from electric shock in the process.

Origin

Plai is a prefix name, orginally a Mon word, meaning youthful male or a strong man, today used in Thailand for male elephants with tusks.

Plai Nam Chok was born captive-born 2008 at Surin unspecified Elephant Camp.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Plai Nam Chok, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Surin unspecified Elephant Camp in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12016. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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