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The twin elephants, a male and female, were delivered at the end of May by 39-year old "Paru," who lives in a herd of around 40 elephants.
Kenyan Wildlife Service officials say surviving twin births amongst elephants is rare, with the last known birth of surviving elephant twins taking place in Amboseli in 1980.
Kenneth Ole Nashu is a Senior Warden in Amboseli National Park.
"For the last 38 years, this park experienced a very unique scenario whereby we have an elephant giving birth to twins that was around 1980 and then this time again round we had Paru giving birth again twins. This is a very unique scenario in terms of conservation particularly in the elephants population."
Given the sheer size of the animals, twin births are rare, as gestation of African elephants normally lasts for around 22-months.
www.euronews.com/2018/07/01/rare-african-twin-elephants-born
www.ecns.cn/news/society/2018-07-03/detail-ifyvrptq636743...
Update from Amboseli Trust for Elephants (October 22, 2018)
We are very sorry to have to report that one of the twin elephants born to Paru in Amboseli died. The female calf was the smaller of the two and at an early stage had sustained an injury to her back which seemed to heal. The vet had looked at it and decided against treating it because there was no obvious distress and no infection. Darting a lactating female is very high risk to both the mother and her milk-dependent calves so for the sake of keeping Paru and her calves in good health the decision was made not to intervene. We kept a close eye on the twins and it seemed she got better on her own; we therefore cannot say for sure that this was the cause of death. She died a natural death, something that almost every elephant mother in the wild has endured at some point in her life. As sad as it is we are happy that the remaining calf is strong and healthy. Twins in elephants are very rare but few survive into adulthood. Paru and the remaining calf are with the family and we feel confident that they will be fine.
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