{"id":334887,"date":"2026-04-15T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/meet-the-first-baby-asian-elephant-born-at-the-national-zoo-in-25-years\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:00:07","slug":"meet-the-first-baby-asian-elephant-born-at-the-national-zoo-in-25-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/meet-the-first-baby-asian-elephant-born-at-the-national-zoo-in-25-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the first baby Asian elephant born at the National Zoo in 25 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/ohf-BAq603Q\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Meet the first baby Asian elephant born at the National Zoo in 25 years\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ohf-BAq603Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Meet the first baby Asian elephant born at the National Zoo in 25 years<br \/>\nCNN\u2019s Dana Bash describes it as \u201cone of the coolest things\u201d she\u2019s ever done. 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