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When the zoo volunteers and staff say that this birth was a long time coming, they're not kidding. Humans are used to a 40-week gestation period (give or take) but when it comes to elephants, moms ...
The St Louis Zoo houses a large herd of Asian elephants from three different generations. Jade, seventeen, is currently pregnant with her first calf via artificial insemination.
Most mammals are viviparous, giving birth to live young. [1] However, the five species of monotreme, the platypuses and the echidnas, lay eggs. The monotremes have a sex determination system different from that of most other mammals. [2] In particular, the sex chromosomes of a platypus are more like those of a chicken than those of a therian ...
The hedgehog seahorse (Hippocampus spinosissimus) is a species of fish of the family Syngnathidae. It inhabits coastal waters from India and Sri Lanka to Taiwan and northern Australia . [ 1 ] It is threatened by overfishing , as both targeted catch and bycatch .
The giraffe seahorse (Hippocampus camelopardalis) is a species of fish of the family Syngnathidae. [4] It is found in coastal waters off of the south and east coasts of Africa, from South Africa to Tanzania , and possibly north to Kenya . [ 1 ]
Gestation lasts a few weeks, then males will release the eggs without caring for them. Generally, males are ready to breed again almost immediately after giving birth. Though little is known about the great seahorse's specific breeding habits, many related seahorses have been studied and were found to occasionally be monogamous.
The baby elephant flops its trunk up in the air, video shows. ... Milo’s birth is the first time an elephant has given birth so close to the main buildings of the Ithumba preserve.