Elephant birthing alert by SMS

Thousands of elephant fans have registered on an on-line site promising live footage of the first birth of an elephant in Belgium, reports The Sydney Morning Herald .

Surfers logging on to www.baby-olifant.be can already watch the baby's kicks inside the belly of its mother, Phyo Phyo, an Asian elephant at the Antwerp zoo.

Zoo caretakers are also offering daily updates on Phyo Phyo's pregnancy to the site's 18,000 subscribers -- who will receive an SMS message 48 hours ahead of the expected delivery.

Related sort of, how SMS technology is being used to track elephants:

-- Text messages save elephants’ lives, villagers’ crops

-- Texting to save Kenyan elephants

--Cell phone technology helps researches obtain information about animals

emily | 9:08 AM | New SMS Services |
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