{"id":283484,"date":"2026-05-07T22:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/283484\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T22:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:40:12","slug":"fort-worth-zoo-announces-birth-of-adorable-asian-elephant-calf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/283484\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth Zoo Announces Birth of Adorable Asian Elephant Calf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Fort Worth Zoo announced the birth of their newest resident, a healthy, 36-inch-tall, 285-pound male Asian elephant calf.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a press release, the zoo said the calf, named Sam Houston, was born at 5:31 am on April 1 to mom Bluebell and father Romeo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe calf was standing within six minutes of birth, nursing within an hour and maneuvering his trunk well almost immediately, all indications of a healthy baby elephant,\u201d the zoo wrote. \u201cThe newest calf joins a four-generation family of Fort Worth elephants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The zoo said it\u2019s a tradition for all elephants born at the zoo to receive a Texas-themed name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cGiven his remarkable size \u2013 the largest calf in zoo history \u2013 it felt only fitting to honor one of Texas\u2019 most iconic figures, Sam Houston,\u201d the zoo wrote. The name \u201crepresents strength, and a lasting legacy, joining the four-generation elephant family that reflects the rich heritage and enduring spirit of Texas.\u201d Credit: Fort Worth Zoo via Storyful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fort Worth Zoo announced the birth of their newest resident, a healthy, 36-inch-tall, 285-pound male Asian elephant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[20879,116,118,117,7227,5071],"class_list":["post-283484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-asian-elephant","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-fort-worth-zoo","tag-sam-houston"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}