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Baby weighs in at a healthy 220lbs
Elephant keepers at Whipsnade Zoo are celebrating the birth of a second calf to mum Azizah.
The male arrived on January 11 at 1.10pm after a short labour in what was the first daytime delivery of an elephant calf at the zoo.
He weighed in at a healthy 220lbs and was up on his feet within 20 minutes.
Whipsnade press officer, Christine Drabwell, said: "He is now ready to enjoy some time outdoors with his mother, but also likes his daily nap."
Keepers had been expecting the birth and were keeping day and night watches on the mother.
Dad Emmett is the herd's only adult male and he is also father to Euan, who is nearly three and a half, and Leelee who is just over one.
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo's nine Asian elephants share the seven-acre paddock at the zoo, which comprises five linked outside areas including a large grass paddock as well as two separate houses.
Additional facilities include two pools, mud wallows, dust baths and rubbing posts and high feeders.
The popular Elephantastic demonstrations will begin again in May this year and will feature four of the elephants in the herd, including Leelee and Euan.
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