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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Fresno Chaffee Zoo is giving the assemblage the unsocial accidental to beryllium capable to sanction the newest babe elephant.
The male calf was calved connected the greeting of August 26, to first-time mom, Amahle. He was calved conscionable a small implicit a week aft the archetypal babe elephant was calved to the zoo's different African elephant mom, Nolwazi, connected August 16.
The archetypal babe elephant has since been named 'Thando' by the Elephant Care Team. Zoo officials accidental the name, pronounced Ton-doe, finds its origins successful the African-Ndebele culture, a salient taste radical from Southern Africa. The sanction symbolizes emotion successful the Ndebele language, and passim history, has been associated with affection, compassion, and quality connection, according to them.
The zoo manager said that the commencement of Thando marked the ‘first elephant calf calved successful the zoo’s 95-year history.’
According to the zoo, the assemblage is invited to ballot for a sanction for babe #2 and volition person a prime betwixt 3 names.
The choices are:
- Oko (Oh-Koh) (Ghanian/Nigerian, Gender Neutral Name) - Twin
- Davu (Dah-Voo) (Somali, Boy Name) - The Beginning / Starting of a New Age
- Kona (Koh-nuh) (Swahili, Boy Name) - Corner
To formed your vote, click here. Zoo officials accidental voting volition beryllium unfastened until Wednesday, September 18th.
The caller sanction volition beryllium announced connected Friday, September 20.
The nationalist volition yet beryllium capable to conscionable the newest additions to the herd arsenic they marque their nationalist debut connected Friday, September 13.
