Plai Somjai
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Anantara Golden Triangles Elephant Camp in Thailand

Biography

☨ ♂ Plai Somjai

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 20 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1995 captive-born
Birth place:	in Khun Pai Tun

Parents:	♂ x ♀ Bua Jan
Death
Dead:	†2015?
Death reason:	disease: impaction
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Anantara Golden Triangles Elephant Camp, in Thailand

Date of arrival

2013-04-22	Anantara Golden Triangles Elephant Camp from Maetaman Elephant Adventure

	Maetaman Elephant Adventure from Khun Pai Tun

Record history
History of updates	2013-04-28: transfer 2013-04-29: arrival date date 2018-04-30: corr birth type 2018-05-10: death report

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Plai Somjai is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2015? at Anantara Golden Triangles Elephant Camp, in Thailand, . Official death reason described as impaction.

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 Somjai was born captive-born 1995 at Khun Pai Tun.

Parentage

Parents of Plai Somjai are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Bua Jan (mother).

Comments / pictures

Owner: Khun Pai Tun

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Plai Somjai, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Anantara Golden Triangles Elephant Camp in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 13 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4188. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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