Tukta Swimming Under Mum
by Miroslava Jurcik
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Tukta Swimming Under Mum
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Miroslava Jurcik
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Tukta is the first female Asian elephant calf to be born at Taronga Zoo. She was born at 1.12am after a gestation period of 658 days to Pak Boon on the 2nd November 2010, exactly four years to day since the elephants arrived in Sydney to participate in the regional breeding and conservation program from Taiwan.
It was a pleasure watching them play. Tukta is about year and half old.
The new calf's mother is Pak Boon and her father is the zoo's bull, Gung.
Pak Boon originally came from an elephant camp on the outskirts of Bangkok in Thailand. She is well respected by all the elephants .
Gung's relationship with the females has evolved over time, as he has transitioned from a youngster to an adolescent male motivated to breed regularly. Gung has proved his important role in the Australasian conservation breeding program by breeding naturally with two of our females – Thong Dee & Pak Boon.
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