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

† 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

Siblings through the mother Bua Jan (Bua Jaan):

1. 1985(M) Boon Me (Boon Mi)
2. 2002(M) Somboon
3. 2009-11-00(M) Erawan
4. 2014-03-03 - † 2018-01-29 (M) Zuki

Pedigree

Owner: Khun Pai Tun

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• John Roberts, GTAEF
  

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• More elephants from: Anantara Golden Triangles Elephant Camp
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