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Your morning adorable: Baby Asian elephant at the Berlin Zoo

March 21, 2009 | 10:15 am

Five-day-old Asian elephant Ko Raya at the Berlin Zoo

Ko Raya, a five-day-old female Asian elephant, made her big debut yesterday at the Berlin Zoo.  She's the third offspring of her 22-year-old mother, Pang Pha.  Her father is 15-year-old Victor.

Ko Raya is named for an island in Thailand.  She weighed about 370 pounds at birth.

More photos of baby and mother after the jump!

Five-day-old Asian elephant Ko Raya at the Berlin Zoo

Five-day-old Asian elephant Ko Raya at the Berlin Zoo

Five-day-old Asian elephant Ko Raya at the Berlin Zoo

--Lindsay Barnett

1st & 2nd photos: Steffi Loos/AFP/Getty Images
3rd & 4th photos: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images

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