How many baby elephants can an elephant have at one birth?

An elephant will only have one baby elephant at a time. The life span of an elephant can reach 60-70 years, and an elephant can only give birth to about 5-6 baby elephants in his life. The gestation period of an elephant is almost two years, and the longest gestation period is the African elephant, which is the longest among mammals. Moreover, the reproductive rate of elephants is relatively low, about once every 5 or 6 years.

Among terrestrial mammals, the gestation period of elephants is relatively long. It takes 20-22 months for an elephant to conceive and give birth, and the life span of an elephant is very long, generally reaching 70 years old. The baby elephant will not be weaned until it is about three years old, but it will live with the mother elephant for 8- 10 years. The head elephant and the female elephant live together all the time, while the male African elephant will leave the herd at puberty, and the herd with similar blood may be very close.

Elephants have long been regarded as emotional animals. They will help the elephant trapped in the mud, pull other injured or dying elephants to a safe place with their noses, and even gently touch each other with their noses to comfort other individuals in pain.