See the Most Adorable Photos of Baby Elephant Linh Mai, the National Zoo’s Newest Star

Since her birth in early February, the calf has been growing and beginning to bond with her care team and herd. She will go on view in-person and online starting April 22

Elephant calf Linh Mai stomps in a shallow pool in the Elephant Community Center at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute on February 25. Brett Kuxhausen / Smithsonian

After spending two months growing behind the scenes, baby elephant Linh Mai is finally ready to meet the public .

The young female—the first Asian elephant calf born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in nearly 25 years—is playful, vocal and smart, keepers say.…