Baby elephant toots its own trunk -- for the best
April 13, 1999
Web posted at: 6:39 p.m. EDT (2239 GMT)
BERLIN (CNN) -- A baby elephant made its debut
before the cameras at Berlin's Friedrichsfelde Zoo on Tuesday.
The male calf, still unnamed, was born early Friday morning. It is the second African elephant to be born at the Berlin Zoo this year. "Matibi" arrived on January 15.
There is some danger of the mother turning around in
her quarters and accidentally roughing up her
offspring. But elephant keeper Matthias Otto said the
pachyderm pup should be all right.
"The baby has a rather loud voice so that it can make
itself heard when the mother lies on top of the baby,
especially in the wild. Then they all scream like
hell," he said.
In keeping up with an old tradition, Berliners will
have the chance to suggest names for the baby
elephant.
Copyright 1999 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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