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Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Female, born April 1,
1981 in Myanmar
(Birma)
Arrived
in Emmen on June
27, 1988.
Her
name means: Friendly Woman.
Htoo
Kin Aye is missing the tip of her trunk and is easily to recognize.
She
became a grandmother on August 7, 2005 when her oldest daughter, Mingalar
Oo, gave birth to Myo Set Kaung. For the first time, three generations
of elephants are living in the elephant house of Emmen. 2005 also was the year that
Htoo Kin Aye gave birth to her second son; Letsongmon.
Htoo
Kin Aye has six descendants:
Mingalar
Oo, born March 1, 1992 (the first elephant born in Emmen)
Ant Bwe
Lay, born August 23, 1994 (moved to Pont Scorff, France)
Ma Ya Yee, born May 2, 1999
Letsongmon, born June 6,
2005
Shwe Zin,
born August 7, 2007
Einga-Tha,
born
March 9, 2010 |