So did you get that camera?

Thanks for the update, your faster than the tv newsman!

Rose-Tu delivered a 286-pound baby boy just before 4:00 this afternoon. I wasn't at the zoo at the time, and won't be back until Monday, so I haven't gotten any firsst-hand reports yet.

R-2 was a bit aggressive toward the baby at first, so keepers moved in to separate the two. Examination showed a healthy young bull. Re-introduction will proceed soon.

Pics as soon as I can talk myself into the barn.

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And now I have "Baby Elephant Walk" tootling in my head!

Ouch.

Happy Birthday, widdle elephant. Welcome to the spinning world!

Yeay for the new baby elephant!

All this talk about nearly 2-year gestational periods, 4 day labor, and birth to a baby significantly bigger than I am makes my biological clock miss a tick or two!

Mazel Tov!

YAY! SUCCESS!

Babyphant!

Okay, not my photo, but it will do for now.



Baby is healthy and doing well. Keepers are trying to bottle feed while R-2 is still aggressive. They have collected cholosturum from her to give to him.

Interesting note: a standard human breast pump also fits elephants.

How cute!!!