Dead baby elephant not really all that dead

A baby elephant that had been declared dead in the womb days earlier was born alive at a zoo in Sydney, Australia.

Officials said they now believe the calf was in a coma throughout the labor. They said the calf had since taken its first steps, but it was too early to know if it would survive.

“When the keepers learned the calf had survived this morning, the looks of disbelief on our faces were quite a picture. We couldn’t believe that this could be true,” said Taronga Zoo’s elephant manager Gary Miller.

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