00:00After a marathon delivery, Boulevard Zoo has welcomed its newest resident, a baby girl
00:06elephant, the first in 13 years.
00:10With a difficult birth that lasts seven hours and even a longer labour, things look touch
00:16and go for mother Endala and her daughter.
00:20Really, the elephants and the team all did a great job, because honestly it started very
00:25badly.
00:26We were losing hope.
00:28We just tried towards the end to save the life of the mother.
00:33The baby is big, very, very big.
00:37A whopping 150 kilos to be precise.
00:41Both mother and daughter, who were still without a name, are now doing well.
00:46After 21 months in the womb, the African elephant calf is slowly learning to fend for herself,
00:52with of course help from mum.
00:54She can already stand on four legs.
00:56For 37-year-old Endala, this is her second child.
01:00But she's having to navigate motherhood differently this time round, after losing her sight a few
01:05years ago after the birth of her first child.
01:09She's checking on her baby using her trunk or her feet, so she's a very good mum.
01:14After a long wait for an elephant birth, staff are already preparing for the next one.
01:1923-year-old Ashanti is expecting her first child.
01:23With just one male at Beauvais Zoo, the pair of baby elephants will be half siblings.
01:28With the 24-year-old Edel tahini said Germans would sell for us a special holiday, so she's
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