Imagine being pregnant for 22 months. You’d have to buy new maternity clothes about four times. You’d have time to plan a gender reveal for every season. You’d be craving pickles and ice cream for two whole years.
An Elephant’s Birth // Explica Media
But elephants don’t complain. They get moody occasionally—scientists say elephants can be grumpy when pregnant—but mostly they just keep eating 300 pounds of food a day. Talk about a pregnancy craving. “Honey, I need another tree, please.”
And when the baby finally arrives, the elephant mom gets to say, “I was pregnant before the pandemic started.” That’s a flex no human can match.
