Miracle elephant ‘who died in womb’

A BABY elephant thought to have died in the womb made its first public appearance at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo amid predictions it will make a full recovery from its arduous birth.

The male calf, nicknamed Mr Shuffles by zoo staff, wobbled out from a barn into the elephant enclosure with its mother, Porntip, four days after amazing keepers with its remarkable survival.

“He’s looking around and seeing the world,” zoo elephant manager Gary Miller said of the 116 kilogram (255 pound) animal’s short foray before the public.