article_snippet.sent: an Asian elephant was 31. '
article_snippet.sent: The elephant's 32nd birthday would have taken place on Wednesday.
article_snippet.sent: Studies vary on how long Asian elephants live in captivity.
article_snippet.sent: A 2008 study which looked at Asian elephants in European zoos says Asian elephants in European zoos have a median life expectancy of 19 years.
article_snippet.sent: A 2004 study indicated a 36-year median for Asian elephants in North America.
article_snippet.sent: One woman, Calley O'Neill, painted with a really special elephant for five summers, KPTV reported.
article_snippet.sent: Calley O'Neill told KPTV  'There's no elephant on Earth that has ever done or ever will do such magnificent abstracts.'