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 On
March 6, very special elephants were born at an elephant hospital
in Thailand. They are the first elephant twin brothers in the world!
The 35-year-old mother elephant delivered the first baby
elephant at 1:09 a.m. and his brother was born three hours later.
They don’t have names yet.
“We are very happy about the birth of the world’s first
male twin elephants. This
is the second set of elephant twins for Thailand, after twin sisters
were born 15 years ago,” said an animal doctor at the elephant hospital
in excitement. “The twins
are strong and healthy. Each weighed 70-80 kilograms at birth.
 We will
take good care of them. We
will also give the mother elephant more nutritious food so it can
produce more milk for the
twins,” he added.
Elephants are very important in Thailand. As a matter
of fact, they are the symbol of the country. Sadly, however, the number
of elephants in the country is decreasing these days due to illegal
hunting.
There were more than 100,000 elephants in the country
100 years ago. However, only about 4,000 of them are left today. Among
them, only half of the elephants are living in the wild. The other
half are working for humans.
They are usually trained to entertain people. Let’s hope
the twin elephant brothers grow to be healthy and strong. |
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