{"id":14474,"date":"2011-09-06T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T07:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/?p=14474"},"modified":"2018-07-02T13:55:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T12:55:15","slug":"woburn-resident-elephant-only-half-way-to-giving-birth-after-12-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/woburn-resident-elephant-only-half-way-to-giving-birth-after-12-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Woburn resident elephant only half way to giving birth after 12 months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If nine months seems just too long for pregnancy to last, then spare a thought for 17 year old Damini.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Asian elephant, at 12 months into her pregnancy, is only just half way to giving birth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Having resided at Woburn Safari Park since 1997, Damini&#8217;s full length pregnancy will run to 22 months with a due date of April 2012.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Head Elephant Keeper Lynne Thomson said of the news: \u201cWe are thrilled, but also aware that we have a long way to go.\u00a0 Every step of the way we will be providing careful prenatal care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14482\" title=\"Damini on the right and Chandrika is (another female) on the left\" src=\"http:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Damini-on-the-right-and-Chandrika-is-another-female-on-the-left.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Damini-on-the-right-and-Chandrika-is-another-female-on-the-left.jpg 390w, https:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Damini-on-the-right-and-Chandrika-is-another-female-on-the-left-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Two Woburn Elephants<\/strong>: <em>Damini on the right and female Chandrika on the left<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As with all females, it&#8217;s on the scales to make sure she doesn&#8217;t put on too much weight, with plenty of walking, stretching and swimming to keep her fit.<\/p>\n<p>The father of the baby, Raja, also lives at Woburn.<\/p>\n<p>A full list of opening times and prices can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woburn.co.uk\/safari\/prices-and-opening-times\/\">www.woburn.co.uk\/safari\/prices-and-opening-times\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If nine months seems just too long for pregnancy to last, then spare a thought for 17 year old Damini.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bristol-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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