{"id":860,"date":"2025-01-01T00:14:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T00:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zoologycompendium.com\/?page_id=860"},"modified":"2025-07-02T13:11:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T13:11:32","slug":"the-stork-and-the-elephant-must-be-a-prehistoric-stork","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zoologycompendium.com\/?page_id=860","title":{"rendered":"The Stork and The Elephant! Must be a Gigantic Stork?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"> Fields, Jen(August 28, 2024).<a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbuszoo.org\/news\/two-elephants-expecting-calves-columbus-zoo-and-aquarium\">Columbus Zoo News<\/a>.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6021a3e3633d3149b6f977105bc52de2\" style=\"color:#3988c7\">&#8220;<em>Two Elephants Expecting Calves at the Columbus Zoo &amp; Aquarium<\/em>&#8220;. Recent Elephant Births.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbuszoo.org\/news\/two-elephants-expecting-calves-columbus-zoo-and-aquarium\">COLUMBUS ZOO NEWS online:https:\/\/www.columbuszoo.org\/news\/two-elephants-expecting-calves-columbus-zoo-and-aquarium<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large has-custom-border\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ColumbusZooCouple.png?resize=1024%2C678&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-861\" style=\"border-radius:24px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ColumbusZooCouple.png?resize=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ColumbusZooCouple.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ColumbusZooCouple.png?resize=768%2C508&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ColumbusZooCouple.png?resize=1536%2C1017&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ColumbusZooCouple.png?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3988c7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">PHOTO CREDIT Amanda Carber : Male &amp; female  (Sabu *&amp; Sunny) elephant couple of Columbus Zoo<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8366dd32adeea81fee1dd316a327c773\" style=\"color:#adadb3;font-size:clamp(2.418rem, 2.418rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 2.251), 4.5rem);\">The Columbus Zoo is Doing Things&#8230;.Elephantine Things..<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">I am so excited to see this! I wonder who else is holding calves?  Is that a gender reveal ?  Are there sona grams? Too early?  I certainly will be keeping track of this elephant department.  How EXCITING!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-02-at-5.37.51%E2%80%AFAM.png?fit=892%2C812&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2225\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-satisfy-font-family wp-elements-f8a5841b745211a618d42a695a7545d9\" style=\"font-size:clamp(32.969px, 2.061rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.759), 59px);\">Phoebe&#8217;s Sonagram! So facinating!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fo\/tlmj3vm3ov99qgcwh9vnd\/AKmtSgia55PHs0Rzesxb_sk?dl=0&amp;e=1&amp;preview=Elephant+Pregnancy+Announcement+-+FINAL.mp4&amp;rlkey=kh4vzcb7ahlu6dwwyqkevni3a\">Two separate births click here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbuszoo.org\/elephant-updates#:~:text=PhoebeandSunnyarepregnant,won'twanttomiss!\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-02-at-6.08.56%E2%80%AFAM.png?fit=1024%2C622&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2227\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:clamp(2.2rem, 2.2rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 1.946), 4rem);\">How Many Elephants Can a Stork carry&#8230; at one Time?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading alignfull has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-006fdfcc46fe8c2d63a012cc69f8f886\" style=\"color:#3988c7\"><em>&#8230;..and It looks like it is true&#8230;<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c8445lyjndvo\">(13 June 2024) Ayutthaya Elephant Palace and Royal Kraal, Male and Female Eletwins<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ayutthaya-Elephant-Palace-and-Royal-Kraal.png?resize=1024%2C596&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ayutthaya-Elephant-Palace-and-Royal-Kraal.png?resize=1024%2C596&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ayutthaya-Elephant-Palace-and-Royal-Kraal.png?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ayutthaya-Elephant-Palace-and-Royal-Kraal.png?resize=768%2C447&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ayutthaya-Elephant-Palace-and-Royal-Kraal.png?w=1504&amp;ssl=1 1504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1b27f3a435a984160936aac785ddf15b\" style=\"color:#3988c7\">Look at big brother and little sister&#8230;.The twins were born to father Plai Siam and mother Pang Chamchuri, who has now given birth five times over 27 years\u2026. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"783\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-03-at-7.38.24-PM.png?resize=1024%2C783&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-921\" style=\"width:1163px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-03-at-7.38.24-PM.png?resize=1024%2C783&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-03-at-7.38.24-PM.png?resize=300%2C229&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-03-at-7.38.24-PM.png?resize=768%2C588&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-03-at-7.38.24-PM.png?w=1302&amp;ssl=1 1302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#dcc491\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Photo Credit Peniat Royal Elephant Village<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9076a4f8d13af77bbc686efbc21340d3\" style=\"color:#3988c7\">As of November 7, 2024, record holding Thailand twins (born June 13, 2024) to wed each other, engagement arranged in prior life&#8230;?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Ok so now. August 26, 2024, 2 months later ..out of another &#8220;facility&#8221;&#8230;.another rarity?&#8230;so soon?  I mean sure, there situation has much to be desired, (growing pains) Do elephants proliferate this well in the wild?  How would we know?  There&#8217;s 2 African pairs as well, but, once again, protected area, human intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large has-custom-border\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rZESX0mtsa0\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MynamarEletwins1.png?resize=1024%2C591&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-899\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:0px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MynamarEletwins1.png?resize=1024%2C591&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MynamarEletwins1.png?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MynamarEletwins1.png?resize=768%2C443&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MynamarEletwins1.png?w=1526&amp;ssl=1 1526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Also Female Pearl (1st out), and Male Kyaw 92nd out)&#8230;Do they get married too?  Thailand domesticated elephants, popping out the punks huh?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Elon Tusk &amp; Emma, African elephant twins, male\/female protected area<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ifSDPMmtIns?si=PhSPib9GB05CGnwW\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ElonTuskAndEmma.png?resize=1024%2C483&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ElonTuskAndEmma.png?resize=1024%2C483&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ElonTuskAndEmma.png?resize=300%2C142&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ElonTuskAndEmma.png?resize=768%2C362&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zoologycompendium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ElonTuskAndEmma.png?w=1272&amp;ssl=1 1272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wow, so much to follow up on&#8230;<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fields, Jen(August 28, 2024).Columbus Zoo News. &#8220;Two Elephants Expecting Calves at the Columbus Zoo &amp; Aquarium&#8220;. Recent Elephant Births. COLUMBUS ZOO NEWS online:https:\/\/www.columbuszoo.org\/news\/two-elephants-expecting-calves-columbus-zoo-and-aquarium The Columbus Zoo is Doing Things&#8230;.Elephantine Things.. I am so excited to see this! I wonder who else is holding calves? Is that a gender reveal ? Are there sona grams? 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