<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A pair of sprightly young elephants are making a huge splash at Werribee Open Range Zoo, showing off their cheeky side to families who pass through these school holidays.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The zoo has experienced a significant increase in visitor numbers since the arrival of nine elephants from Melbourne Zoo in February. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Patronage has increased by 41 per cent, with a record 316,000 visitors passing through the gates.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/missing-surfer-darcy-deefholts-found-on-island-off-new-south-wales-coast/c29429ce-c341-4bb3-b7de-0b0e2c3e1fa3"><strong><span>Missing surfer, 19, found marooned on island 12km from shore</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The elephants, particularly two-and-a-half-year-old sisters Kati and Aiyara, have become a major attraction during the school holiday period. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The pair have been observed engaging in playful behaviour, using their trunks and interacting with each other. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The elephant enclosure at Werribee spans 21 hectares, equivalent to the size of Melbourne Zoo or five Melbourne Cricket Grounds, allowing them to roam freely and engage in natural behaviours. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/werribee-zoo-elephants/959870d0-4f76-413b-a8a1-6e05c3b32abf" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There are also six distinct habitats for the elephants.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If it does start to rain, they tend to jump on it and get doing their skin care routine, have a nice soak and then get in the sand and get all nice and covered, exfoliate it," zookeeper Phoebe Allen said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Entry to Werribee Open Range Zoo is free for people aged under 16.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of </span></em><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>