Adorable twin elephant babies born in Upstate NY
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Twin baby elephants were born on October 24, 2022, at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, N.Y. The two 220 plus pound Asian elephants sauntered about, often bumping into mom's tree-trunk legs exploring the world and occasionally reaching up for milk to the fawning giggling crowd surrounding them.
I hope she has enough milk for both of them. They are so adorable
Wow I was just at this zoo Halloween weekend, I didn't even realize an elephant was pregnant! So cute, they will be well taken care of at this zoo. The elephant area has two extremely large outdoor enclosures (one far away from walking paths where people watch them) , another large indoor enclosure, barns/rest area, and a veterinary suite on site.
The babies were born in October just before your visit. They were still too little to come outside with one having issues eating according to and report I read.
Sooo cuuuute!! I didn't think that elephants could have twins!!
It is VERY Rare, only 1% of elephant births result in twins and over 80% of twin births do not come to term. Usually either one twin passes before birth or the Mother passes due to exhaustion or complications. These two healthy, full term babies are remarkable! Especially with BOTH babies weighing over 220lbs EACH at birth, and Mom is doing well too! 🙏🙏🏿🙏🏼
@@erynporter9951 I'm so happy to hear both mom and babies are doing well!! They are so cute!!
Sanctuary crowd chiming in ,lol they can't even name one or how it's run the babies will get round the clock care and lack for nothing their not caged ,get medical and food and plenty of love from professionals ,mom, dad, babies are together their happy .and the zoo has a seven acre preserve for the family and if weather is bad a12,000 foot sq. Arena , 7 acre's is a sanctuary.
@@alking4153 Educate yourself on wildlife, please…🐘
@@erynporter9951 Then, it truly is a miracle!
How majestic elephants are!!!
I love the the fluffy hair on the babies. Really so beautiful.
*Beautiful Babies Bravely Biologically Boasting!*
Toooo Cute.
These babies need to be free. They should not be in enclosures for our entertainment. 🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘
Actually Zoos are Used For People Study Animals, They Can Saved So Many Animals From One Thing Animals Has Fears Besides Predators, Extinction!
Too cute! Those little 🐘🐘 are just adorable 🥰. Thanks for posting & glad they're doing well.
Such a proud mama
Muy bellas criaturas 💗💗💗
Cuteness overload ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Elephants are very social animals but I agree access should be limited a little.
They are the cutest things ever I want to snuggle with them all day!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Born in cautivity🥺😢
They were born.
It's more than can be said about their place of origin where they are ENDANGERED.
You rarely see twins with a wild elephant. These babies will have a higher chance of survival DUE to being in captivity at this point. It would be nice to see them go to an elephant sanctuary once the babies are not as fragile and small. The elephants develop herds and roam freely.
Magnifique. Quelle miniature a côté de sa maman ❤❤❤❤❤
Милота😘😘😘❤ такая сладкая😘😘😘❤
I don't like the 3 of them being let out this soon for the public to oggle at. I can't imagine how the high pitched sounds of those kid's voices come across to them. It's too soon. They're too precious.
Too cute
They need to be moved to a proper sanctuary, with mama. They need to be in as natural environment as possible, not a zoo!
Absolutely. This is just another prison for them. Displayed for humans' entertainment. Humans would not lock their kids up in that kind of prison, so why do humans inflict pain on others.
@@Cechil55 lol, humans just have their kid's in run down apartments, drug deals on the corner, drive by shootings , failing school's, no job skills , yeah humans do such a great job with kid's you think that's not a prison.
@@Cechil55 are you sure humans wouldn’t lock up other humans...
Humans are horrible to animals and humans. It’d be nice if that changed!!
@@pandabear1341 Oh, that's right. Some fathers would lock their daughters up too. OMG. I pray to the universe for all the innocent beings and for the planet.
Megan I totally agree with you!!! Personally I detest zoos. If it was up to me there would be NO zoos anywhere on the planet!!!
***FREEDOM IS"NT FREE LET'S SAVE BURMA***
****I LOVE ELEPHANT"S****
THANKS !
❤️👍👍
Congratulation mana 🙏
who's the father 🤨
Are they identical twins or not? I'm hoping they are not identical twins because it make things easier for any breeding program. It's wonderful!
They belong in the wild in a year-round warm climate. Upstate NY is way too far north and being penned into that small enclosure is just cruel.
I hate cages!!!
Free the animals to live in their natural habitat
So sad they have to live in a Zoo
Babies r too thin tob healthy
They need more nutritions.
Most of you commeting know nothing about what this zoo is like and how much they do to make sure the animals are well cared for
This mother walks so gingerly with her twin babies beneath her! 🥰🥰
What are the steps in getting elephants in a sanctuary? Because this is where these elephants belong.
These elephants are part of the Safe AZA and SSP program, genetically breeding endangered Asian elephants so that they don't go extinct. These elephants will stay in accredited Zoos and not be brought to sanctuaries. There are elephant sanctuaries but they are working to care for injured elephants and elephants rescued from illegal residency or abusive roadside entertainment.
No more zoos. Send the elephants to a sanctuary where they can live among other elephants and have a sense of freedom. CLOSE THE ZOO!
And hug the trees.....
Sooo cute, 18 months of gestation & two little bundles of joy. Lol🤗🐘🐘🤗
18 months for the Asian elephant and 22 months for the African elephant! My pregnancies lasted a little over 40 weeks. They had to induce the contractions every time! I dare not imagine spending 18 months pregnant 😬
@@jewelv lol, 😂🤣😃 imagine how tired you would be, & then after all of it, you find out your baby has a trunk.
@@rad1930 🤣
It’s a win that this mother gave birth to 2 and they are living . I’ll take it with today’s Ellie population declining . They are precious ❤
I never saw twins with an elephant mama before. This was so neat! ❤️❤️
They need to be in sanctuary or the wild
@@ntl9974 The zoo takes good care of them and needs to monitor them because there's a less than 1% chance for twins to be born and a 50%chance they survive but right now zoo staff have said that they are doing great and developing just like any other baby's would.
Twins were born in Sri lanka one year ago They celebrated their b day party few weaks ago.
How adorable !! Mom is so careful when she walks .. not hurting her babies . I am at awe ❤
What is that God awful noise?
Poor babies, born in a cage.
I pray thee precious babies stay well protected 💜 ❤ 💕 💓 🙏 💗 💜 ❤ 💕 💓 🙏 💗 💜 ❤ 💕 and healthy ...congrats mama and papa
Just precious are the twins.😋
♥♥🐘🐘♥♥
For Mum😋 🌷🌷🐘♥♥
Aren't they adorable?
If these babies were born in the wild, at least one of the calves most likely would have died.... the second one born was weak and required intensive veterinary care and specialized feeding after its birth... so for all of you against zoos... you might just as well be wishing for the death of one of the twins....
Nature takes its course. No one wishes for the death of a baby ellie. Why are they breeding caged ellies? Go to HERD in South Africa and learn.
So, beautiful
Absolutely fantastic, they’re soooo beautiful. I can’t stop to watch them♥️♥️♥️♥️
Precious babies!💕😍💕
so small 😍
It’s not ideal, but I’d rather see them there, safe in that zoo, than in India/Pakistani or Indonesia, with ankle chains, dressed in ritual garb, hoisting downed trees in a forest being yelled at and whipped.
I seriously wonder how these elephants feel in captivity, all so people can look at them. No freedom, no going on long journeys like the generations before. No herd of family to teach and live the way they were meant to. Must they put everything living in captivity?
Here's an idea, how about you put yourselves in captivity and let the world LIVE! BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY WANT TO LIVE FREE. ANIMALS INCLUDED.
Miracles are wonderful, but those beautiful babies need space to grow up healthy and to develop their social skills, a sanctuary for elephants would be the best place for them. Ellies deserve to live life in an environment free of cages and mistreatment.🐘♥️🍀🥰
Yes, I can name sanctuaries where ellies can live a wonderful life. HERD in South Africa, it is an excellent place for african ellies and ENP in Thailand for asian ellies, both of them are few of the best places for an elephant to live an amazing life. Inform yourself before you post your comments. Obviously, no education on wildlife.🐘🍀
@@lillyparis289 so you don't know of one I've been to ENP but let me know when you find one in this country .by the way I send a monthly contribution to ENP for 2 adopted elephant's and you wouldn't believe some of the tourist trap's claiming to be a sanctuary so I've seen the best and the worst .
@@alking4153 Hi Al
Did I miss the name of ENP?
I mentioned Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, they do remarkable work started by Dame Daphne Sheldrick, what a life she lived, I found a book she wrote at Amazon
Totally agree!!! They deserve to be together as a family with space... I always feel sorry for those stuck in a small zoo.💔
@@bonnydunham7622 the elephant preserve at the zoo is 7 acre's and there's a storm a12.000 square foot inside arena and people there's no sanctuary's in this country that can handle these babies get over the idea their in a cage the zoo will keep the family together and they get round the clock care the zoo is a sanctuary
The babies are beautiful! I see they already have a nanny as well as mom to care for them.
So cute...Protective parents❤
NOT parents... The males do not stay with the females and calves. The males either are with the core male group or they are loners.
Adorable 🥰
Beautiful elles. Noisy environs.
Sooooo cute thanks for uploading this video ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
It’s really clear most of you have not seen this zoos elephant area before commenting 💀 and that you know nothing about accredited zoos
Fuzzy Elephants! Squeeee!
so cutes baby elephants i love them💟💕💙💚
I hope the calves are being diligently monitored for nutritional intake. Nothing that the mother would do on purpose, as elephants deeply love their babies, but because there are only 2 teats they may not get enough milk intake that they both need.
Exactly, finally someone who is taking things into perspective.
I watched another video of these twins that included a long detailed description (channel name ZooBorns), and it said even though they weren't expecting twins (ultrasounds on elephants aren't too practical and I guess they didn't hear two heartbeats), they were prepared with specialized formula they'd received before the delivery just incase it was needed for some reason. It said the second baby gets supplemented with that, maybe because he was weaker at birth even though he weighed more. Btw, it also said they'll be doing DNA testing to see if they are identical, for breeding program reasons. Also the mother's placentas are being studied to develop a treatment and vaccine for a lethal strain of herpes that is the leading cause of death in young elephants, including this mother's two previous calves. They think the virus naturally occurs in elephants in a dormant form and becomes active without warning. I've heard of koalas and chlamydia, but never lethal elephant herpes... like they really need one more thing threatening their existence, ugh..... :(
Pretty sure if there were two placentas, that means two amniotic sacs and the twins brothers are fraternal, not identical, but maybe they still share enough DNA that for breeding program purposes they might as well be identical.
@@TieDyeVikki Excellent comment, in regards to the virus, it is very real. There was a female elephant at the Oregon Zoo a few years back that had it, and it went active, and she was gone in two days. There has been some progress on a vaccine, though I am not sure if one is completely developed.
they get 24 hr a day medical care from professionals and weight is charted daily along with everything else you can be assured they will be the the most closely watched baby Elle's in history.
These elephants should be in the wild
I don’t like zoos, but the baby elephants are very cute!
I detest zoos too.
I'm not commenting on whether zoos are good or bad, but if these elephants had been born in the wild, most likely the second one would have died shortly after birth or been abandoned by the mother and herd for the survivalof all. Let's please at least show some appreciation for the zoo staff who trained and worked so hard to keep the second baby alive. Thank you, each and all, for your dedication.
You must not know how elephants work. They don’t “abandon” their calves. In the wild she would’ve had her baby get adopted by a member of the family who just got done weining their own calf.
That cage is horrid and so tiny...this is not right they need to be put somewhere way way larger...
So mom was carrying 440 of babies in her? 😮
*Is the other female elephant their auntie? She stays close, as though to make sure the babies are safe.*
Education and conservation are goals more easily attained by having elephants in zoos. Elephants in the wild must fight human encroachment, poachers and snares. The only way to educate people is elephants in captivity. Animals can lead a fulfilling life in captivity.
Disagreed. I’ve never seen a whale, yet I don’t support whaling.
So Adorable
Elephants never have both twins survive in the wild. Its even rare in captiivity. Obviously this zoo is doing something right
It always amazes me to see how the mom never steps on or stumbles on the babies walking underneath her, and the babies know how to walk @ the mother's feet to not get stepped on!
When you think about it, the babies would probably have been killed by predators if they lived in the wild.
das ist eher selten, Zwillinge bei Elefanten. Aber die beiden sind einfach zu niedlich
Soooooooooooo sweet! Love.
Even though it’s preferred for these beautiful creatures to live in their natural habitat, I am grateful for breeding programs
They need to li=e in a sanctuary and have more space
The most beautiful babies and family - love the video!!!
Such ancient looking animals.
They are so cute and adorable ❤❤❤❤
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She's a proud mama?😍
What's wrong with the babies they look sickly
Thank God they are both walking, Miracle!
I don't see any trees. I've recently been to Namibia, and was able to see elephants in the wild. Those majestic animals do not belong in cages, and small enclosures like this one, with ropes all over the place, and two-legged animals watching them at all times! Give them km large enclosures with ponds and trees! Also, the NY winter is not OK for elephants!
Que hermosos son los elefantes, gracias por cuidarlos.❤
Que cositas tan lindas ☺️☺️☺️
Was not for zoos.Some animals would go extinct
Do elephants drink through their mouth and trunk, or only one?
So tiny and cute. Love baby elephants ❤❤❤
Elephants are a reminder to all people that God is running the show.
I hope they weren't born in Buffalo.
Amazingggggggg
So cute and pretty ❤ love from. Bham alabama ❤ 🐘
Tell us more about this please! 1:16 1:16
Little ones staying close to Mama
Beautiful twin babies
Their little trunks are so cute!
Too cute
Omg adorable ❤❤❤
What's the name of this zoo??
Rosmond Gifford zoo in syracuse ny. They are a pretty small zoo aside from the elephant area which is huge and about 1/4 of the entire zoo.
Omgosh, These Animals Should be in A Sanctuary!! How Do We Save These Poor Creatures, So, So Sad!!! 🐘💗 How Can You say, You Take Care of Them, When They Live with, No Room at All?? We Should be Ashamed of Ourselves, to Permit This to Continue!!! People, Visiting @the Zoo, Screaming at Them, All Day Long, How Would You Like It? The Elephant is A Magnificent & Beautiful Creature & They Need to be Treated with So Much Respect & Love, Putting Them in a Zoo, You are Not Helping Them, @ All. I'd Hate to See Their Sleeping Conditions. They Need to Run, To Play, To Swim in Rivers, to Only Eat Certain Grasses to Survive!! They're Extremely Intelligent, One of the Most Loving Creatures on Earth, They Mourn the Loss of a Loved One, Forever & Shed Real Tears. They're So Very Emotional, So Anything that Goes Against Their Natural Way of Living is Very Detrimental to Their Health. Riding Them is A Complete 💯% Falsehood, A BIG-NO & It Will Eventually, Handicap Them for Life or Worse, It Will, Kill Them!! Please Call-Elephant Nature Park or Save the Elephants, Sheldrick Trust There are Many More Too. There are People Who Will Give A Lot of Money to Help with Their Transfer to A Normal Environment!!! Please, Ask Around, for Phone Numbers, Do Your Part, Do You Know How Good You'll Feel? If You Help to Put Them in Their Own Habitat? There's A Mom for the Twins & There's Always A Nanny, to Help Her, A Herd for Life, They Never Seperate!! Why A Desperately Needed Nanny, bc the Mom, Will Get So Tired & Worn Out, that She Could Become Very Sick. 😢 It's Not Even Possible, for Her o Take Care of Twins by Herself. Quit Thinking about Money, Go Grab a Book about Elephants, Please Start Reading & Then Contact the Sanctuaries , Many Organizations that Can Help, As Soon As Possible!! They Can Give So Much Needed Information, if You Need Help!! Bless & Thank-You!! You Will be A True Elephant & Nature Warrior for Your Live, Care & Concern!! 🐘"SAVE THE ELEPHANTS"💖
And watch HERD elephant sanctuary on UA-cam... Beautiful loving environment!! 💓🐘
No way they can be moved to ENP, even by Lek. But I think there is a large sanctuary in Tennessee, which is feasible. An ellie from the Toronto zoo was trucked there successfully a while ago. Newborns & mom should never be subjected to crowds of shouting onlookers. How can the staff not know such basics? Where is the vet??
All of you should educate yourselves a little on this zoo's elephant set-up and breeding program before spouting off all your ASSumptions. Look for a video about these twins on a channel called ZooBorns, and READ the entire long and detailed video description, especially the second half. And there are comments on both videos by people who've been there, and they say these elephants have a very nice and large enclosure including an area away from walking paths and people. Btw, I'd be interested in hearing your to responses then.
Why Do You Capitalize Every Word?? It’s Bizarre And Annoying To Read, & Isn’t It Annoying To TYPE??
@@beckysmith2632 My thoughts exactly! Why do some people do that? It bugs me when people Capitalize random Words they think are important (Trump does this all the time, ugh), but Every Single Word Is Even More Annoying! :P
Snow elephants!
Good