Visitors to Erfurt Zoo in central Germany are now able to see the newest edition to the elephant family for the first time, following the birth of an elephant calf earlier this month. The African elephant was born to mum Chupa on August 5 after a pregnancy lasting 666 days. The calf — who has not yet been named — made her press debut on Tuesday with the public able to visit her for the first time from Wednesday. The elephant calf is the first to be born at Erfurt Zoo Her first outing coincided with World Elephant Day, dedicated to the preservation and protection of the world’s elephants. The calf weighed 114 kilograms and measured 93 centimeters when first born. She will spend her days at the 11,000 square meter (118,403 square feet) enclosure — the largest for elephants in Germany. Employees at the zoo made the elephant house “child safe” ahead of the birth, including securing access to the 1.8-meter-deep bathing basin, reported German public broadcaster MDR. In the coming days she will be introduced to her other enclosure mates, including elephant bull Kibo, as well as elephant cows Safari and Csami. “Csami is completely crazy about the baby,”… Read full this story
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