Samson
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Pattaya Elephant Village in Thailand

Biography

♂ Samson
HTTP code: 200 This image is inline deepink from an external server, inline linking does not directly infringe copyright but can be removed on request.

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 8 years old
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 2018-03-17 captive-born
Birth place:	in Pattaya Elephant Village

Parents:	♂ Num Sek x ♀ Rasamee
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Pattaya Elephant Village, in Thailand

Date of arrival

2018-03-17	Pattaya Elephant Village
Record history
History of updates	2018-04-02: birth records 2020-05-18: corrected name: Samson

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
Google map

Biography

Samson is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Pattaya Elephant Village, in Thailand.

Samson arrived in 2018-03-17 to the Pattaya Elephant Village,

Social

Samson lives together with 24 other elephants at the Pattaya Elephant Village: (detailed list)

1. ♀ Birdie born 1997-01-03
2. ♀ Boon Khum
3. ♀ Boon Lai
4. ♀ Boon Luae
5. ♀ Boon Mak
6. ♀ Boon Man
7. ♀ Boon Par
8. ♀ Boon Pium
9. ♀ Boon Ruam
10. ♀ Boon Sri
11. ♀ Boon Term
12. ♀ Boon Thong
13. ♀ Bua Kaew
14. ♂ Chit
15. ♂ Kham Moon
16. ♀ Koon Sap
17. ♀ Mook
18. ♀ Noy Na
19. ♀ Rasamee
20. ♀ Som Boon 2
21. ♀ Som Jit
22. ♀ Somboon 1
23. ♀ Thong Dee
24. ♀ Thong Sook

Origin

Samson was born captive-born 2018-03-17 at Pattaya Elephant Village.

Parentage

Parents of Samson are: ♂ Num Sek (father) and ♀ Rasamee (mother).

Siblings through the father Num Sek:

(F) Nam Petch
(F) Num Aoy
(F) Tap Tim
(M) Kwan
2000(F) Som Sri
2001(F) Num-Oi
2003(M) Sirimongkol (พลายศิริมงคล)
2006-01-03(F) Meena
2009-02-03(M) Chai Mongkol

Siblings through the mother Rasamee:

Pedigree

**Samsons ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Samson	Sire (f): Num Sek Born: 2026-01	Sire ff: Born: 2026-01	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born: 2026-01	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born: 2026-01	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born: 2026-01	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Rasamee Born: 2026-01	Sire mf: Born: 2026-01	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born: 2026-01	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born: 2026-01	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born: 2026-01	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

2018-03-17: A baby elephant was born on March 17th...The baby elephant was given the name “Samson”. He was born to the mother elephant named “Phang Radsamee” and the father named “Numsek”. The mother carried the baby for a total of 24 months before Samson decided to appear at approximately 11:00 p.m. on 17 March.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Samson, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Pattaya Elephant Village in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 January 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=13028. (archived at the Wayback machine)