It's a girl! Oregon Zoo announces birth of 300-pound baby elephant

The Oregon Zoo announced early Friday that a popular Asian elephant named Rose-Tu has delivered a bouncing baby girl. And this girl came into the world weighing--prospective mothers may cringe when they see the figure--a hefty 300 pounds!

Kim Smith, zoo director, said in a news release: "The calf is beautiful, healthy, tall and very vigorous. As soon as she hit the ground--before she was even out of the amniotic sac--she was wiggling. And she's vocalizing loudly. ... She's..

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