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Chengalloor Dakshayani (c.1930 – 5 February 2019) was a female Asian elephant owned by Travancore Devaswom Board and kept at the Chenkalloor Mahadeva Temple in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, India, which at the time of her death on 5 February 2019 was believed to be the oldest elephant in captivity in Asia.
Kottoor Soman (c. 1942), [1] also known as Konniyil Soman and Kottur Soman, is an Indian elephant and retired kumki who was inaccurately claimed or represented in 2020 to be the oldest living elephant in the world, owned by the Kerala Forest Department, but the claim of birth year has not been confirmed, which is why his submission into Guinness Book of Records was rejected.
She is believed to be the oldest elephant in captivity in Asia and was nicknamed Gaja Muthassi (grandmother of elephants). Lin Wang, an Asian elephant, was the oldest elephant in the Taipei Zoo. He was born on January 18, 1917, and died on February 26, 2003, at 86 years, [122] surpassing the previous record of 84. Normally, elephants live up to ...
African elephant researchers have discovered that the oldest matriarchal elephants have the best memories. The older the elephant, the more time she’s had to experience life, meet others, and ...
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Kottoor Soman, retired kumki born circa 1942, was incorrectly represented to be the oldest living elephant in the world. In fact, the oldest known elephant in the world, as of 2024, is Vatsala, a female elephant born around 1917, who lives in the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, India. [14] Yoyo, African elephant resident of the Barcelona ...
Elephant’s confinement sparked calls for relocation but experts said she lacked skills to survive in wild ‘World’s saddest elephant’ who lived alone in Manila Zoo for more than 40 years ...
Satao was an African elephant that lived in Tsavo East National Park, one of the largest wildlife parks in the world with a large population of elephants.He was thought to have been born during the late 1960s and to have been at least 45 years old when he was killed.