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00:00 Come on, Mac! It's your birthday!
00:03 Here he comes!
00:06 Here he comes!
00:08 Every day is a magical day at Disney's Animal Kingdom.
00:22 But for Mac, the African elephant Mal, this day is even more special.
00:28 Today, Mac is celebrating his 40th birthday.
00:31 We've got a little birthday party for him.
00:35 We have a birthday cake made by our animal nutrition centre.
00:39 How was it? His favourite thing?
00:41 It was ice cream.
00:42 It was ice cream.
00:43 It was like a sweet potato ice cream.
00:45 Come on, Mac!
00:47 No time to waste. Mac loves to party.
00:51 The theme is St. Patrick's Day.
00:54 How are you going to use the carrots, Jen?
00:57 I'm going to make little gold pieces inside his watermelon pot.
01:02 Oh, cool!
01:04 Yeah.
01:05 It's cool.
01:07 Another of his cute fishies, the frozen fruit treats.
01:12 So I'm going to be making some frozen treats,
01:15 and then we're going to be integrating them into the rainbow,
01:18 with the help of the team and the elephants.
01:20 We're going to use sweet potatoes and carrots in orange,
01:23 apples in red, blueberries in blue.
01:26 I'll be doing a little celery for the green ones.
01:28 And to finish, one of Mac's favourite fruits, the banana.
01:32 All right, Mac. Keep going.
01:34 That looks delicious.
01:36 Yeah.
01:37 I did it.
01:43 You ready?
01:44 Yeah.
01:45 Let's go.
01:46 St. Patrick himself will approve of this presentation.
01:49 Well, almost.
01:52 Go, Mac!
01:53 It's your birthday.
01:55 Oh, here he is.
01:58 I can't wait to see this.
02:00 Here he comes.
02:02 Mac has a really strong personality.
02:05 He's just really good to work with.
02:07 And we can see he's getting older and he's aging.
02:10 He's a good gentleman to distinguish.
02:13 But he's still keeping up with our younger elephants.
02:17 Keep going.
02:20 Look at all this we've got for you.
02:22 There's more.
02:24 Oh, here he is.
02:27 Happy birthday.
02:31 Look, there's watermelon.
02:34 He's a heavyweight, so he's saying, "Give me those carrots. I don't need them."
02:40 You don't need those.
02:41 It's not necessary.
02:43 Oh, it's watermelon.
02:45 Watermelon.
02:46 I love it when he closes his eyes while he's eating.
02:49 It's so beautiful.
02:50 What a great birthday party.
02:52 Oh, that's a big piece.
02:57 He ate it.
03:04 Oh, it's cold.
03:07 He's a distinguished old gentleman.
03:11 Two of Mac's daughters also live in the park.
03:17 Luna, 11 years old.
03:19 And Stella, 5 years old.
03:22 But the team hopes that this will change soon.
03:26 We are observing his blood pressure and his behavior as well.
03:34 So we're changing his behavior as well.
03:38 This change of behavior is called "must".
03:45 Some of the tasks for elephants is to make sure that they have a good head.
03:50 Those little heads right behind their ears.
03:53 Mac is a little bit aggressive and a little bit grubby.
03:57 In the wild, male elephants in must are measured to attract females.
04:09 For someone outside of the bars, it can look a little bit scary.
04:14 But we're actually really happy that they're a little bit aggressive now.
04:18 For the good female, Mac would be a very good match.
04:24 In the wild, the male elephant is a little bit more aggressive.
04:28 But we're actually really happy that they're a little bit aggressive now.
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