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The baby Asian Elephant elephant has been named "Arun"!
└─ 2020/12/15

At Ueno Zoo, the first Asian Elephant calf (male) since the zoo opened was born on October 31, 2020. Birth announcement and recent updates).

We held a vote for this child's name starting November 26th, and received over 20,000 votes (for details on the voting, please see below). Here Thank you very much for your many votes. We are pleased to announce that the following name has been decided based on the vote count.

Decided name
 Arun (Thai for dawn, daybreak, or sunrise)

Voting results
Number of valid votes: 20,979
① Tawan 7,554 votes
② Arun 12,044 votes
③ Assadon 1,381 votes

others
There are no plans for a naming ceremony.
Please note that we will not be offering any commemorative gifts or other presents to those who submitted the winning name.

Regarding Arun's opening hours, etc. This page Please check there.


Asian Elephant "Arun"
(Date of photo: December 13, 2020)


[Video] Audio is available.

(December 15, 2020)


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