Park rangers working at the Amboseli National Park in Kenya are surely used to welcoming new calves in the world. After all, they do care for over 1,600 elephants. However, when Paru gave birth in March 2018, this was a birth they weren’t expecting.
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This birth was a once-in-a-lifetime surprise. It was so rare that the last time it happened was nearly 40 years ago! Read on to find out what was so surprising and rare about the birth of one elephant.