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life: Just ten days old, an unnamed female baby elephant girl stands next to her mother Panang at the Hellabrunn Zoo in the German city of Munich.

(see more — Almost Extinct: Elephants in Danger)

Welcome to the world baby girl! — Tanya

I remember going to the Henry doorly zoo in Omaha, huge groups of eaton boys and fangmans. My mom would always talk to the elephants, their skin all dry and cracking in the sun, with sharp lines flowing down their cheeks dripping into the sand. I’ve always wanted to feel the fuzz on top of their heads