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Rare Elephant Twins Born In Dramatic Birth In Thailand

Elephants rarely give birth to twins, and male-female pairs are even more unusual (Credit: AFP)

An elephant in Thailand has delivered a rare set of twins in a dramatic birth that left a carer injured after he tried to rescue one of the newborns.

The 36-year-old Asian elephant named Jamjuree gave birth to an 80-kilogramme (176-pound) male at the Ayutthaya Elephant Palace and Royal Kraal north of Bangkok on Friday night.

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