Little elephant born in Blijdorp Zoo | Inland

It is Bangka’s third child and it is not yet known whether it is a boy or a girl. A few minutes after midnight, the little one was born, in the presence of Bangka’s mother Irma and Bangka’s ten-year-old daughter Faya. Irma was also present when Bangka gave birth to a degree named Sunay five years ago.

According to Blijdorp, Bangka is an “experienced and caring mother.” Elephant bull Timber is the father of the newborn elephant, the sixteenth elephant cub born in the Rotterdam zoo.

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