No World Cup. A baby elephant instead.
Posted by GwangJu (at 2010/06/14 08:29)
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Well, since everyone else and their dog will be writing about the World Cup and the Red Devils I thought that I would do something completely different. No 2010 World Cup today for me. However, congratulations to Korea for winning their game against Greece on Saturday night.
On to the baby elephant...
This little creature is the newest edition to the Oochi Zoo (우치동물원). It was reveled last year that So-Yi (쏘이), the baby elephant's mother, was pregnant. So-yi gave birth on June 3rd at 3:20 AM. She remains in great health. Zoo staff have given the new arrival the name of Oochi (우치) after the zoo.
Oochi is in extremely good health. He weighs in at roughly 80 kg, 70 cm tall and sports a 30 cm long trunk.
The proud new mother So-Yi
Source: donga.com
Source: ohmynews.com
The following video contains no actual footage of the baby elephant. The story regarding Oochi's birth is scrolled on the bottom of the screen.
Congatulations to Ochi Zoo and to So-Yi on their brand new baby, Oochi.
::: Comments :::
That's a cute elephant... at 80 kg--176 pounds..what a load. Don't elephants carry babies for a lot longer? And an female adult elephant weighs almost 8,000 pounds according to this article: http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2003/EugeneShnayder.shtml
That's incredible. Absolutely incredible!
That's really incredible thing. The elephant's weight heavy like so much.
Oochi is very cute and So-Yi congratulation !!
That is a cute elephant. Maybe this new attraction can distract people from the fact that they have most of their animals in absolutely disgraceful conditions.