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Sanook — Melbourne Zoo | mahoot

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Sanook

Melbourne Zoo · Australia

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Life history

Born: 2013-01-17
Birth place: in Melbourne Zoo
Death: 2013-02-04
Death reason: accident:
Origin: Captive-born
Arrived: 2013-01-17

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Melbourne Zoo

Australia · Zoo

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Transfer history

2013-01-17
Melbourne Zoo

Sources

Josh Gillis
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-04/baby-elephant-sanook-found-dead-at-melbourne-zoo/5133470
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/melbourne-zoos-num-oi-gives-birth-to-baby-elephant/story-e6frf7jo-1226555586277

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Data from elephant.se (Dan A. J. Koehl), CC BY 4.0. Reformatted for search.