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Your Tucson baby elephant fix: Penzi takes her first mud wallow with Nandi
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Your Tucson baby elephant fix: Penzi takes her first mud wallow with Nandi

  • Gloria Knott
  • Updated May 28, 2024

Reid Park Zoo's cute baby elephant Penzi is now 4 months old and still as playful as ever. Mapenzi and her big sister Nandi were both born in Tucson, to the delight of locals. Reid Park Zoo is still closed. 

Tucson's baby elephant getting more brave, playing with big sister Nandi
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Tucson's baby elephant getting more brave, playing with big sister Nandi

  • Gloria Knott
  • Updated Mar 5, 2021

Reid Park Zoo's baby elephant Penzi is now 4 months old and still as playful as ever.

Reid Park Zoo, baby elephant

Reid Park Zoo, baby elephant

  • Courtesy Reid Park Zoo
  • Updated May 28, 2024

Four-month-old Mapenzi enjoys hanging out with big sister Nandi. "She wants to be attached and learning everything Nandi is doing," said Reid …

Reid Park Zoo, baby elephant

Reid Park Zoo, baby elephant

  • Courtesy Reid Park Zoo
  • Updated May 28, 2024

This photo of Penzi was taken around her 4-month mark.

Reid Park Zoo, baby elephant

Reid Park Zoo, baby elephant

  • Courtesy Reid Park Zoo
  • Updated May 28, 2024

At 4 months old, Mapenzi weighs 546 pounds. She enjoys eating beet pulp, which is the root of a sugar beet soaked into an oatmeal-like texture.

Reid Park Zoo, baby elephant

Reid Park Zoo, baby elephant

  • Courtesy Reid Park Zoo
  • Updated May 28, 2024

Penzi celebrated her 4-month birthday with her first dip into the mud wallow.

Reid Park Zoo, baby elephant (copy)

Reid Park Zoo, baby elephant (copy)

  • Courtesy Reid Park Zoo
  • Updated Jun 21, 2024

At 4 months old, Penzi weighed 546 pounds. She enjoyed eating beet pulp, which is the root of a sugar beet soaked into an oatmeal-like texture.

Tucson’s baby elephant active amid tummy troubles
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Tucson’s baby elephant active amid tummy troubles

  • Gloria Knott
  • Updated Feb 4, 2021

Reid Park Zoo's baby elephant has pretty much mastered using her trunk and is becoming a bit more coordinated.

Here's the name you picked for Tucson's new baby elephant
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Here's the name you picked for Tucson's new baby elephant

  • Gloria Knott
  • Updated Aug 28, 2020

The Reid Park Zoo's elephant care team came up with three name options and asked the community to choose their favorite. 

Here's the name you picked for Tucson's sweet baby elephant
tucson life

Here's the name you picked for Tucson's sweet baby elephant

  • Gloria Knott
  • Updated May 28, 2024

The Reid Park Zoo's elephant care team came up with three name options and asked the community to choose their favorite. 

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