A sign proclaiming "It's a Girl!!" greets passers-by of Utah's Hogle Zoo.
I saw this sign about a week ago and got so excited and happy that I had to point it out with excitement to a girl I hardly know who was sitting by me on the bus that day. It's too bad I can't find a picture of the sign - it would make you happy too.
I realize now, as I write this, that the sign is merely a form of zoo advertisement. But it's still great that a phrase I usually associate with tiny baby girls has been applied to a large elephant that probably weighs almost twice as much as me. Also, the zoo proclaiming that puts them in a parental position, and that's a bit comical. Mostly, the situation is cute.
For more details and for the full press release, visit https://www.hoglezoo.org/about/news_media/press_releases/08-11-2009/it-s-a-girl!-elephant-calf-born-at-utah-s-hogle-zoo.
By the way, elephants are pregnant for 22 months. And their babies are called calves.
I'm glad I'm not an elephant.
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