How long do elephants give birth to their babies?

Answer 1

The length of time that an elephant stays with its mother depends on the gender of the pachyderm. Female elephants may stay with their mothers for the rest of their lives depending on resources available. Males generally leave once they reach sexual maturity.

Answer 2

Elephants have a gestation period of around 22 months, making it the longest pregnancy of any mammal. Once the baby elephant is ready to be born, the actual delivery process typically lasts for a few hours.

Answer 3

Elephants have advanced social structures in their herds. If the baby elephant is female, it will probably never leave the herd; the females tend to stick together. If it is male, it will get kicked out of the herd after about two to four years.

Elephants live as a big heard which comprises of dozens of females and a bunch of baby elephants too. Almost all female baby elephants stay with the herd all their lives. Whereas, the male baby elephants usually leave the herd when they are around 5 years or so. Once they are old enough to fend for themselves, they usually wander off and lead solitary lives.

It depends upon if they are a boy or a girl. A girl elephant will probably stay in the same herd as her mother for her entire life. Female elephants are very close to one another. Male elephants, however, only live with the herd until they hit puberty at about 12 years old. After that, they are slowly driven away from the herd until they leave to live solitary lives.

A baby elephant is totally dependent on its mother for at least four years - in fact weaning takes place for ten years in normal conditions - and if it is taken away sooner it will not learn how to cope by itself, will suffer from malnutrition, loneliness, stress and disease and will inevitably die young.
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Answer 4

A calf will usually nurse until the birth of the next calf (about 4-5 years), but remains very dependent on the mother until 8-10 years old. Male elephants leave the herd when they reach adolescence between 12-14 years. Females stay with the herd.

Answer 5

Elephants have a very long development. As is common with more intelligent species, they are born with fewer survival instincts than many other animals. Instead, they rely on their elders to teach them what they need to know.

A new calf is usually the center of attention for herd members. Adults and most of the other young will gather around the newborn, touching and caressing it with their trunks. The baby is born nearly blind and at first relies almost completely on its trunk to discover the world around it.

Elephants within a herd are usually related, and all members of the tightly-knit female group participate in the care and protection of the young.

Answer 6

Elephants have an extremely long gestation period. They become sexually mature at around the age of 13 years. Their gestation period lasts for 22 months at the end of which one single calf is born. Female elephants usually prefer stronger, larger males to ensure greater chances of survival for their offspring.

Answer 7

An elephant is pregnant 22 Months before having its baby.

Answer 8

They can survive if weaned at about 2 1/2 years, but most continue nursing until the birth of the next calf (about 4-5 years).

Answer 9

Their young stay in the same herd as their parents so I'd say for most of their lives. Except for males, which leave at puberty. Adolescence occurs between 12 to 14 years.

Answer 10

For nearly 2 years.