Okay here's a good one for you guys. While watching CNN at lunch today, they did a snippet on this adorable newborn elephant. Apparently his mom abandoned him and the zoo tried to feed him EBM from an Asian elephant but it wouldn't work because the composition is too different from the African Species that he is. So they found an African elephant mommie whose baby had recently been put to sleep (unfixable problems). And guess what - they called in a "lactation expert" who rigged a human pump and now they are pumping and feeding ON DEMAND around the clock, rotating several handlers (generous mommy elephant refused to let baby suckle). The zoo keeper said the baby will be fed EBM for 6 months and then a special formula for the next 6 YEARS!! They will be trying to figure out the composition of African elephant milk and said it will be a nutritional EXPERIMENT!!! Any of that last part sound familiar?? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Destiny is not a matter of chance but a matter of choice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Debbie Codding, RN Mother-Infant Unit, Naval Hospital Oak Harbor (Whidbey Island), Washington state [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~