OMAHA, Neb. — Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium announced that a new baby elephant has arrived.
In a news release, the zoo announced that its 13-year-old African elephant, Claire, gave birth to a little boy at 9:08 p.m. on Jan. 30. The zoo said both mom and calf are doing well, but they don’t yet know the baby’s weight.
This is the second elephant to be welcomed at the zoo in the last month. A little girl was born to Kiki the elephant on Jan. 7, WOWT reported. Last week, that little girl was named Eugenia.
The zoo posted a video of Eugenia on Facebook, showing the calf as she continued exploring the area.
Under Kiki’s watchful eye, her calf continued exploring the calf training area today! Each day, she becomes more and more interested in her environment, especially smaller enrichment items she can push and move at her age, like a firehose cube. Getting used to this space also means getting more comfortable on the scale. The calf’s natural curiosity—and the trusting bond mom has with our keeper staff—has her freely walking about the scale’s surface (as you can see, it's right beneath her). We have to hand it to our friends at Scales Sales & Service and Rice Lake Weighing Systems. It’s a wonderful scale and we thank you, more than we can say, for donating it to our herd! 📹: Jillian Voss, senior elephant keeper
Posted by Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium on Wednesday, January 19, 2022
The two calves are the first elephants born in the zoo’s 125-year history, WOWT reported.
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