Did you know that female elephants have one of the longest gestation periods of any animal, at 22 months, and that they usually give birth to a single calf? Rhulani's head guide Alasdair missed the birth of an elephant calf by just a few minutes today, but we can see that the baby is already standing on its own feet and trying to drink milk from its mother.
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