See the Most Adorable Photos of Baby Elephant Linh Mai, the National Zoo’s Newest Star Since her birth in early February, the calf has been growing and beginning to bond with her care team and herd. She will go on view in-person and online starting April 22 Elephant calf Linh Mai stomps in a shallow pool in the Elephant Community Center at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute on February 25. Brett Kuxhausen / Smithsonian After spending two months growing behind the scenes, baby elephant Linh Mai is finally ready to meet the public . The young female—the first Asian elephant calf born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in nearly 25 years—is playful, vocal and smart, keepers say. She recognizes her name when she’s called, splashes at bath time, screams for her bottle and runs around the Zoo’s Elephant Community Center, ears flapping. Visitors can see Linh Mai in-person starting on April 22, when the center opens for the first time since her birth.…