- The National Wildlife Service (KWS) announced the exciting news of an elephant giving birth to twins
- In an emotional post on social media, KWS shared a photo of the giant elephant next to the twin calves
- Kenyans took to social media to celebrate the news, with some expressing happiness while others expressed concern about the condition of the elephant.
The Kenya Wildlife Service has announced a rare incident that occurred in Amboseli National Park.
Source: Twitter
In a statement released on their social networks, KWS said that one elephant gave birth to twins.
“When nature says ‘one is not enough,'” you know something special is coming… twins are in the chat! Twin elephant calves were recently spotted in Amboseli, the famous home of African elephants – a rare sight of nature’s quiet miracles!” KWS announced in an exciting post.
They praised the conservation efforts that have been ongoing to ensure that wildlife in the country not only survives but also thrives.
According to Safari Professionals, the first set of elephant twins were born in 1980.
The male and female twins were born to an elephant named Estella.
KWS shared a photo of the latest set of elephant twins standing next to their mother at the reserve
What were the views of Kenyans about the birth of the twins Tembo?
Kenyans took to their social networks to express their joy at the latest success in the country’s wildlife sector.
Katie Lovegrove: “Congratulations, mother elephant. I hope you all stay safe and together forever because animals have feelings just like humans.”
Julia: “Good.”
Rhoda Neilson: “Look at his body and the indentations in his head – he is very dehydrated and not well nourished as he should be. Does he cope with the 2 needs of small children for nutritional milk and so on?”
Jhoki Cee: “Mama must be very tired. 24 months is a long time. They look beautiful and healthy.”
Maybach: “The mother elephant is really a Goat! I can’t imagine how big she was.”
Kamau Muthoni: “I see people celebrating Mama Tembo here. Giving justice to Mama Brian is where you draw the line @KWSKenya. Where is Brian Othiambo???”
A tourist pours alcohol down an elephant’s trunk
In an earlier incident, a Spanish tourist angered Kenyans after he was caught on video pouring beer down an elephant’s trunk.
Before giving the beer to the elephant, the tourist drank from the can before giving it to the elephant.
Source: Instagram
The video that was distributed on Instagram with the caption “It’s a tusker and a friend with teeth”.
Kenyans were angered by the act of the tourist, while others called him names, causing him to delete the video on his social networks.
Employees of the privately owned zoo expressed their shock, with one of them known as Frank insisting that the incident should not have happened in the first place.
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