Curve, a 31-year-old elephant, gave birth to a set of twin elephants at the Pongola Game Reserve in South Africa. Twin births in elephants are extremely rare (less than 1% prevalence) and it is even rarer still that twins both survive.
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That is because the mother elephant has difficulty meeting the feeding demands of two babies at once.
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For now, both youngsters are doing well and the reserve is keeping a close eye on them.
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They took these adorable pictures and a video of the newborn elephants following their mother, while the other elephants and other young calves in their herd relaxed in the mud and water around them.
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