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Part of my Proboscidea Skeleton Pack: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3587205145

The partial skull of "Susie", an Asian elephant from the "Nanaimo Zoo", on display at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at the University of British Columbia.

In order to avoid any muddying of the main speculation thread, I have created this one with the purpose of discussing my and hopefully others' personal views on potential transfers, renovations, etc of Asian Elephants and their facilities in North America. I have excluded facilities I know...

Vintage, undated postcard seen at a local antique store, which shows a pair of young Asian elephants training with a keeper.

Vintage, undated postcard seen at a local antique store.

The physical stats say this one is only 3.1 meters but given the size of the keeper next to it it's clearly closer to 3.3 meters! very impressive nonetheless!!!

This is the largest Indian Elephant you can get in the game. This guy is 11.25 ft tall.... the same size as Raja Gaj and Tula Hatti!!!

The Asian Elephant known as Chengalloor Ranganathan carried the main idol during Thrissur's Arttupuzha Pooram from 1906 to 1914. After his death his skeleton was preserved in the State Museum in Kerala's Thrissur district. He was of record size being comparable to Raja Gaj and a full foot taller...

This was just recently uploaded to YouTube. It shows Dalip, Seetna, Sheena and young Spike. Spike and Sheena even swim in the pool! Start the video at 3:23.

Since a number bulls and cows of both African & Asian Elephants have passed away over the last decade I thought it would be a good idea to update who currently holds the record for largest elephants (of both sexes) in captivity across the globe. The last time I checked Zoochat there was a debate...

This is a thread for people to record their memories of the great Asian Elephant Siam (1946-1997) who lived at the zoo and who is now on display at the Grand Gallerie de l'Evolution. I'm a huge fan of his so I thought it'd be appropriate for others to share their experiences seeing him whether...

As some of ZooChat may know I am a HUGE fan of Siam (1946-1997), the massive, legendary Asian tusker that used to live in the Paris Zoo and since 2001 can be found in the Musee National D'Histoire Naturelle in the Jardin Des Plantes, a 15-minute walk from Notre Dame. He was an incredible animal...

Hello Elephant keepers all over the world I count on Your help:) In Wroclaw Zoo (Poland) we have 3 nonbreeding indian elephant females. Maybe some of You have experience with elephants in that breeding condition and could write the best diet for them. Second question is: Because one of them...