21/09/2022
An Elephant’s pregnancy is for the duration of 22months. The longest among Mammals.
It is almost impossible for elephants to birth twins. This is because mothers rarely have enough milk to feed their babies (calves). However, it is possible but both rarely survives.
A female elephants have 4-5 (most) babies during their life time.
Normally, without being pregnant, an elephant lie to sleep only for 3-4hours a day due to their weights getting up.
A pregnant elephant sleeps while standing most of the time; though they do not sleep deep.
A pregnant elephant feeds for around 20hours a days against their 18 hours of feeding while not pregnant—And while they approached their 20th months of pregnancy, they begin to starve themselves so they can loose weight. This practice is a natural routine for them to be able to give birth easily.
Oluwanishola Akeju
