--- description: She was born Aug. 20, 2014 title: Let's All Celebrate This Baby Elephant By Watching Her Frolic in the Mud image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Celebrate Nandi the Elephant's First Birthday With the Cutest Montage Ever by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 20, 2015 4:32 PM CUT by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 20, 2015 4:32 PM CUT An Arizona zoo has released an adorable video that celebrates the first birthday of Nandi the elephant. The compilation starts with Nandi’s first breath, moving through major milestones before fully focusing on cute moments, like when she blows bubbles for the first time. Nandi’s also clearly a big fan of romping in the mud, as evidenced by multiple play dates with her brother and friends. Her name comes from the Zulu language, and according to the [Reid Park Zoo website](http://reidparkzoo.org/blog/baby-elephant-info/baby-elephant-faqs/ "undefined"), means “sweet” or “fun.” Nandi is also the name of of famed warrior king Shaka Zulu’s mother. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4004885/nandi-the-elephant-birthday/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4004885/nandi-the-elephant-birthday/"},"headline":"Celebrate Nandi the Elephant's First Birthday With the Cutest Montage Ever","datePublished":"2015-08-20T16:32:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:39.997Z","description":"She was born Aug. 20, 2014","url":"https://time.com/4004885/nandi-the-elephant-birthday/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Elephant"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4004885/nandi-the-elephant-birthday/","name":"Celebrate Nandi the Elephant's First Birthday With the Cutest Montage Ever"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4004885/nandi-the-elephant-birthday/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4004885/nandi-the-elephant-birthday/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```