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

Date of arrival

	Surin Province unspecified Elephant Camp
Record history
History of updates	2018-09-15: new record, death report 2021-01-31: picture

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 Province 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.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Plai Nam Chok, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Surin Province unspecified Elephant Camp in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 24 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12016. (archived at the Wayback machine)