Days Before Big Debut, Zoo Posts Video of Baby Elephant's First Bath and It's Too Cute to Handle


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Thanks to a video posted by the Pittsburgh Zoo, you can watch this adorable baby elephant enjoy a nice bath before her big day in the spotlight. And it’s not just her bath time video that will make you love her so much.

In early July, 2017, the Pittsburgh Zoo posted an adorable video of their 5-month-old elephant calf receiving her first bath via hose and kiddie pool. In the video, a zoo worker sprayed water from a hose onto the big baby’s head, prompting her to lift her floppy ears up and down.

The happy calf then knelt down in the kiddie pool to submerge her body before walking out to stick her trunk out at the camera. Later, she returned to the pool again and drank a few sips from the bathwater.

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This special bath took place a few days before the zoo started accepting visitors to see the baby calf. Visitors may come at certain hours of the day to watch the adorable elephant from behind glass windows.

Days Before Big Debut, Zoo Posts Video of Baby Elephant’s First Bath and It’s Too Cute to Handle

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This little girl, who responds to the name “Baby” for now, has received a lot of attention ever since her premature birth in June 2017. Baby was born at the International Conservation Center in Somerset County to her mother Seeni, a rescued elephant from Botswana.

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The average newborn elephant weighs between 220 and 270 pounds, and 36 inches tall at the shoulder. Baby was born a month early at 184 pounds and stands at 32 inches high.

“She’s feeding like crazy and doing very well,” said zoo president and CEO, Dr. Barbara Baker shortly after Baby’s birth. “She’s very feisty, energetic and she’s doing all the right things for a baby.”

Unfortunately, Seeni did not produce milk for Baby and did not show any signs of maternal care or affection. The zookeepers took Baby to the Pittsburgh Zoo and have been raising her there from the start, making sure she gets bottle-fed as much as she needs.

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The phenomenon of a mother elephant “rejecting” her newborn can happen if she feels frightened or otherwise unprepared. Seeni’s inability to produce milk and care for Baby may have been due to the premature birth, or perhaps related to the fact that Seeni was herself an orphan.

But thankfully, Baby is being given the best of care, which includes very expensive elephant formula for her meals. She is beloved by many, including her caregivers, visitors at the zoo, and online fans who have followed her story.

“She’s important because she came from a mother who is from the wild,” said elephant manager Willie Theison. “She has become a new genetic link to the elephant population in Africa.”

We are all excited to watch Baby grow up and follow the latest updates on her progress. She is in good hands with the workers at Pittsburgh Zoo, who have made sacrifices and taken great effort to give this little one a healthy and happy life.

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