This Sydney Taronga Zoo handout photo released on July 5, 2009 shows a 100-kilogram male elephant calf (below) born at Sydney's Taronga Zoo on July 4 to mother Thong Dee. Thong Dee, formerly a Bangkok street elephant, was surprised by the birth and needed to be calmed down before she could be introduced to her son, who was naturally conceived with the bull Gung under the zoo's breeding program. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

This Sydney Taronga Zoo handout photo released on July 5, 2009 shows a 100-kilogram male elephant calf (below) born at Sydney's Taronga Zoo on July 4 to mother Thong Dee. Thong Dee, formerly a Bangkok street elephant, was surprised by the birth and needed to be calmed down before she could be introduced to her son, who was naturally conceived with the bull Gung under the zoo's breeding program.

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