The Smithsonian’s National Zoo, in Washington, D.C . has announced one of its elephants is pregnant, the first time a baby elephant will be born at the zoo in 25 years.

The zoo says 12-year-old Nhi Linh (pronounced Nee Lin) will welcome her first baby sometime this winter, although it’s unclear if she will deliver a boy or a girl.

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“There are no words, really, to describe how excited we are to welcome a new addition here at the zoo,” Robbie Clark, assistant curator, Asian elephants and elephant manager, told TODAY in a story that aired Nov. 24.

It marks a landmark moment for Asian elephants , an endangered species with an estimated number of fewer than 50,000 living in the wild. Dr. Donald Neiffer, who heads a t

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