While the boys were climbing (see
previous post) I took Ili and a friend to see the recently born baby elephants at the Zurich zoo. The new elephant enclosure (which cost a staggering $63m) is worth seeing, and we got a good glimpse of the baby elephant (although if truth be told the girls were just as interested in the frequently dropped dung!).
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The little zoo train that runs direct to the elephants. |
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The new elephant enclosure and the hunt for the baby. . . |
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Mother and newly born elephant (still under 3-months-old) |
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and the petting zoo. |
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