† Mara is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2017-08-13 at Toyohashi Zoo and Botanical Park, in Japan, . Official death reason described as twisted intestine.
Mara was born captive-born 2011-09-17 at Toyohashi Zoo and Botanical Park.
Mara
Sire (f):DanaBorn: 1971
Dame m:AshaBorn: 1977
2011: On Sept. 17 at 12:30 a.m., as ASHA gave birth to a female calf, the fourth successful birth in captivity in Japan of an Asian elephant and the first for an elephant belonging to the Ueno Zoo. The calf weighed 90.5 kilograms and was 93 centimeters tall. 2017-08-14: Young Asian elephant Mara passed away on Aug. 13 at the Toyohashi Zoo and Botanical Park here. She was 5 years and 11 months old, and succumbed to a twisted intestine. According to the zoo, Mara had been suffering from diarrhea for the last few days, but her appetite was unchanged, and she underwent her rehabilitation exercises as usual in the morning. However, roughly 50 minutes later, she stopped moving and floated sideways in the pool. The zoo keepers attempted to revive her, but discovered that she had stopped breathing.
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