A white male elephant was born at 6:30 am on 23 July 2022 by the 33-year-old female elephant called Zar Nan Hla from the Myanma Timber Enterprise in Taungup Township of Rakhine State. The baby elephant was two feet and five inches in height, three feet and one inch in girth and weighs 180 pounds at birth.
The newly-born white elephant has pearl-coloured eyes, a plantain branch-shaped back, white hair, a distinctive tail, auspicious plot signs on the skin, reddish-brown or pinkish skin, five claws on the front legs, four claws on the back legs and big ears. Therefore, these features conform with seven out of eight characteristics.
At this time, the baby white elephant is two months old, with two feet and seven-half inches in height, three feet and eight inches in girth and weighs about 204 pounds. He stays healthy and happy with his mother elephant. It is reported that the baby white elephant has been tame by humans since childhood and is being trained by the Human-Friendly Training system to be much tamer. — MNA
New white baby elephant of 2022 lives happy and healthy with his mother
- September 23, 2022
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