New-born baby elephant arrives at Disney's Animal Kingdom
It's a boy! A 327-pound one!
Disney has announced the birth of a baby African elephant, the fourth one in history born at Disney's Animal Kingdom. He arrived Saturday evening. His birth weight is the the heaviest of the four, and caretakers are optimistic about his survival chances.
His mother is Moyo, a 26-year-old resident who has been at DAK since the beginning, and is also mother of the first calf born at the park, Tufani in 2003. The other "little ones" born here are Kianga (2004) and Nadirah (2005). The new calf has not yet been named.
(Photo from Walt Disney World)
Melbourne bids for top spot in this years Food and Wine Festival
Melbourne, Australia is vying for a key spot as one of the top four
food destinations at this year's International Food & Wine Festival at Epcot.
According to Don Richter, Melbourne Tourism Victoria
marketing director, the city was asked to bid for the spot by Disney.
Included in the bid is a duplication of Melbourne's laneways
lined with street art which leads to a Queen Victoria marketplace featuring food and wine samples.
Unconfirmed reports indicate that
the other cities in competition for the four spots include New Orleans, Rio de Janiero and Copenhagen.
