Melbourne Zoo is set to hear the patter of giant feet with the announcement of Asian Elephant Num-Oi's pregnancy.
If the 22-month pregnancy goes according to plan, Num-Oi could give birth any time between New Year's Eve 2012 and the end of January 2013.
The announcement coincided with the release of new visitor figures that showed total zoo visitation increased 33 per cent in 2010-11, compared to the same time last year. Melbourne Zoo also experienced record day visitation on 15 July this year with 10,672 visitors on a single day.
These results were aided by the Victorian Government's free zoo entry for kids policy, which gave free entry to over 75,500 children during the 2011 winter school holidays. The free entry for kids policy is available on weekends, public and school holidays.
(Source: Tourism Victoria enewsletter – edition 83)
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