2nd baby elephant's name announced by Fresno Chaffee Zoo

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The 2nd African elephant calf calved astatine Fresno Chaffee Zoo has been officially named following a nationalist competition.

The male calf was calved connected August 26, conscionable implicit a week aft the archetypal babe elephant was calved to the zoo’s different African elephant mom connected August 16. The archetypal babe elephant calved was named "Thando" and the sanction of the 2nd babe elephant was enactment up for a nationalist vote.

Of the 3 choices, the nationalist chose "Davu" arsenic the sanction of the 2nd elephant calf. Friday's announcement besides included a translation of the name: "Davu" means "the beginning" oregon the "starting of a caller age" successful Somali.

Fresno Chaffee Zoo added a convey you astatine the extremity of the announcement to each who participated successful the naming process.