Rare twin elephants born in southern Myanmar

Video shows rare twin elephants born at the Wingabaw camp in southern Myanmar’s Bago region.

The mother Pearl Sandar, 21, gave birth on August 26 to a female calf followed by a male calf about four minutes later.

Myo Min Aung, a veterinarian at the camp, said that the twin elephants were initially fed with bottles due to being unable to drink milk from their mother for the first two days.

The veterinarian said that by the third day, the twins started consuming the nutritious and beneficial milk of their mother.

According to Save the Elephants, a research and conservation organization, twins occur in only one percent of elephant births and male-female are even more rare.

Myo Min Aung said that it was only the 12th recorded case since 1960.

At present, there are nine elephants at the Wingabaw Elephant Camp, including the new twins.