Catching up with baby elephant Noah; if we can! Nasalot, his mother, was raised by humans; first at our Nairobi Nursery, and then in Ithumba, from where she returned to a life in the wild. As an ex-orphan, she is totally at ease in the company of her former Keepers. Noah, on the other hand, is wild-born and raised, making him rightfully a little more reserved around his extended human family. His shyness, matched by his mum's photobombing technique all made catching up with Noah a lot of fun! Bu

Baby Noah is a one-elephant welcoming committee. After sending us his regards, he saunters off to greet ex-orphan Yatta and her sons, Yogi and Yoyo. Noah and Yogi are about the same age, and while they’re not related by birth, they are as close as cousins — note their trunks entwined in happy hellos! (Yatta and Noah’s mother, Nasalot, were two of the ‘founding females’ who started our Ithumba orphan herd, so they’re as a good as family) Noah, Yogi, and Yoyo are among 55 known calves born to orph