Congratulations, It’s An…Elephant! Wild Animal Park’s Newest Member
September 13th, 2006
First time mother Umngani gave birth to a female calf at San Diego’s Wild Animal Park on Monday at 7:49 p.m.. The calf weighed 214 pounds at birth and is doing well. She was sired by Mahbulane (“Mabu”), the sole adult male of the herd.
This marks the first female calf to be born into the herd of African elephants brought over in 2003 from Swaziland, where they were scheduled for culling due to overpopulation. The first male calf, Vus’musi (“Moose”), was born to Ndula on February 23, 2004.
Park officials believe that three more elephants may be pregnant, however the pregnancies have not yet been confirmed by ultrasound. Elephants typically gestate for 21 to 22 months, placing the anticipated births sometime in 2008.
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1. RandomSanDiego.com »&hellip | October 11th, 2006 at 8:06 pm
[...] Editor’s Note: To learn more about the baby elephant, check out our Baby Elephant Backgrounder and information about Live Webcams. [...]
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