Two female elephants at the Columbus (Ohio) Zoo will give birth to calves fathered by the same male next year, if all goes as planned, the Washington Post reports. The 36-year-old Asian elephant Sabu impregnated both 37-year-old Phoebe and 15-year-old Sunny. (Look, don’t judge. It’s different for elephants, just like it is for Republicans like Matt Gaetz.)
This will be Phoebe’s third pregnancy and Sunny’s first. It will greatly assist the efforts to breed the endangered Asian elephant. “This is a big step for us,” a zoo official said. “Baby elephants are rare, and this showcases our ability to help the population as a whole, with sustainability over the next 100 years.”