Watch: Baby elephant born at Houston Zoo

The 284-pound Asian elephant calf is bonding with her mom Tupelo at the Zoo's McNair Asian Elephant Habitat.
The Houston Zoo is celebrating the birth of a baby elephant that weighs a whopping 284 pounds. She's the first calf for 10-year-old Tupelo but mom is a natural.

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Watch: Baby elephant born at Houston Zoo

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