Just outstanding: 'miracle' baby elephant takes first steps

Just outstanding: 'miracle' baby elephant takes first steps DEBORAH SMITH
March 10, 2010 .

These are the first pictures of Sydney's "miracle" Asian elephant calf, born three days after he was thought to have died in his mother's womb.

The newborn has been receiving intensive care from keepers and veterinarians in the zoo's heated elephant barn since his surprise arrival at Taronga Zoo at 3.27am today.

Although he is still in the first critical 24 hours of his life, he has shown encouraging signs of doing well, including taking his first steps, attempting to suckle from his mother, Porntip, and touching trunks with the other elephants.


The baby elephant on its feet, only hours after being born, and the medical team and mother Porntip watch over the baby.
The zoo's director, Cameron Kerr, said his birth was set to rewrite the textbooks.

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