This video shows the birth of a baby male Asian elephant in Amersfoort zoo in the Netherlands this morning. Its weight is about 70 kilogram.
Apart from the calf’s mother Indra, the video also shows his elder sister Kina.
More about this is here.
UPDATE: the baby elephant’s first steps outside: here.
Related articles
- Baby oryx in Amsterdam zoo (dearkitty1.wordpress.com)
- Why are Elephants an Endangered Species (wanttoknowit.com)
- Baby elephant delivered stillborn at Calgary Zoo (cbc.ca)
- Elephant learns to speak Korean (telegraph.co.uk)
- Three zoo keepers held beating elephant Brit park (thesun.co.uk)
Let’s celebrate!
There will be a celebration at the zoo, on Saturday 24 november with singing a song for the young elephant, and announcing which name the youngster will get (there is a contest for this):
http://www.babyolifantje.nl/nieuws/babyolifantje-geboren/
http://www.babyolifantje.nl/fotos/
The music for the baby elephant is on this video:
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