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Rare twin elephants born in southern Myanmar

2024-09-02 50 Dailymotion

Video shows rare twin elephants born at the Wingabaw camp in southern Myanmar's Bago region.<br /><br />The mother Pearl Sandar, 21, gave birth on August 26 to a female calf followed by a male calf about four minutes later. <br /><br />Myo Min Aung, a veterinarian at the camp, said that the twin elephants were initially fed with bottles due to being unable to drink milk from their mother for the first two days. <br /><br />The veterinarian said that by the third day, the twins started consuming the nutritious and beneficial milk of their mother.<br /><br />According to Save the Elephants, a research and conservation organization, twins occur in only one percent of elephant births and male-female are even more rare.<br /><br />Myo Min Aung said that it was only the 12th recorded case since 1960.<br /><br />At present, there are nine elephants at the Wingabaw Elephant Camp, including the new twins.

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