Since she was merely a week old, Meru has been in love with water. The 6-month-old elephant plays with the hose, flops in the mud wallows and uses her trunk to suck water from the palms of her zoo ...

Meru has pretty much mastered her trunk at this point, no longer face planting into food as much. Her favorite snacks at the moment are diced fruits and veggies — they have to be diced, though. She ...