Trophy hunter kills Botswana's biggest "tusker" elephant 04:35. An elephant in Kenya has given birth to a set of twins, a conservation group said on Friday, a rare event for the planet's largest ...

Elephant twins form only 1 percent of all births. A mother does not usually have enough milk for two calves, meaning two at once can cause a strain. Normally, one, if not both, usually die.

Less than 1% of elephant births are twins – and when twins are born, they rarely survive. The first baby was born at around 2 a.m., weighing in at 220 pounds, says the release.

LONDON -- An elephant in Kenya has given birth to a rare set of twins, conservation group Save the Elephants has announced. The two baby elephant calves – both female - were born to a mother ...

The zoo said elephant twins make up less than 1% of elephant births worldwide. Until these two, there haven't been any successful twin births in the U.S.

Newborn elephant twins, a female (R) and a male (L), stand next to their mother Jamjuree at the Ayutthaya Elephant Palace and Royal Kraal in Ayutthaya on June 10, 2024.

Elephant twins make up less than 1% of elephant births worldwide, according to the Rosamond Gifford Zoo. Many instances of elephant twin pregnancies reportedly result in calf or maternal deaths.

An Asian elephant gave birth to male twins at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, New York, in October, marking the first-ever case of surviving elephant twins in the United States, the zoo said.

Rare newborn elephant twins were saved from drowning in India as their mom helplessly tried to protect them. The twins' birth was witnessed by tourists in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka ...

An elephant in Kenya gave birth to a set of twins, a conservation group said on Friday, a rare event for the planet's largest land mammals. GET IT ON G E T I T O N.

The zoo said elephant twins make up less than 1% of elephant births worldwide. Until these two, there haven't been any successful twin births in the U.S.

Though twins have been reported in other countries, including Kenya and Sri Lanka, Mali’s calves are the first case of surviving elephant twins in the United States, Fox said.. There are only ...