"Newborn elephants, like Kirby, are born with their eyes open," Rob Bernady, elephant curator at the zoo, told Chron. "This is because an elephant calf needs to keep up with their herd quickly.

open image in gallery Kirby the Asian elephant is a little wobbly on her feet. The 314-pound calf was standing just six minutes after her birth (Houston Zoo) Shanti had been pregnant for 21 months.

A 314-pound baby elephant is the newest addition to the Houston zoo. According to the zoo, Kirby was born on Friday afternoon, November 15. Her 34-year-old mother, Shanti, was in labor for 19 ...

An Asian elephant at the Houston Zoo finally gave birth to her baby on Friday after 19 hours of labor. The elephant Shanti, 34, gave birth to a 314-pound female baby named Kirby at 3 p.m ...

A quirky baby elephant's adorable first steps after being born at the Houston Zoo were captured on video. The female Asian elephant, named Kirby, finally came into the world at around 3pm Friday ...

An endangered Asian elephant calf was born last week at the Houston Zoo. The Texas zoo said 34-year-old Asian elephant Shanti gave birth to 314-pound Kirby on November 15 at 3 p.m. CST.