Rare twin elephants take first steps in Myanmar
The Peninsula
Phayargyi,Myanmar: Baby elephant twins born last week on a timber camp in Myanmar are thriving after a wobbly first few days in the world, officials t...
Phayargyi,Myanmar: Baby elephant twins born last week on a timber camp in Myanmar are thriving after a wobbly first few days in the world, officials told AFP on Thursday.
Pearl Sint was born a few minutes before her brother Kyaw Pearl last week at the 60-acre Wingabaw elephant camp in the Bago region operated by state-run Myanmar Timber Enterprise.
At about two feet and six inches tall, the pint-sized twins were around four inches shorter than the average calf, said Myo Min Aung, the camp's assistant manager.
This meant they were not tall enough to reach their mother's teat and feed.
"We helped them by putting small wooden blocks under their front legs and bringing their heads up to their mother's breast," he said.
