Rare baby elephant twins born in Kenya
An elephant in Kenya has given birth to twins, that is an extremely rare event, conservationists said Thursday.
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An elephant in Kenya has given birth to twins, that is an extremely rare event, conservationists said Thursday.
Source: MakeLemonade.nz A study reported in the journal Current Biology says while about 18 million square kilometres of Africa still has suitable habitat for elephants, the actual range of African elephants has shrunk to just 17 percent of what it could be due to human pressure and the killing of elephants for ivory. The Mara Elephant Project in Kenya looked at every square kilometre of the continent and found that 62 percent the elephant-land area is suitable for habitat, the Science Daily says. The findings suggest that, if released from human pressures, including the threat of being k...