Old pregnant Asian elephant descends from container at Japanese zoo

Old pregnant Asian elephant descends from container at Japanese zoo

Pregnant Asian elephant Asha descends from a container at the Ichihara Elephant Kingdom in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, southeast of Tokyo, on Oct. 21, 2015. The 38-year-old elephant is due to give birth in the fall of 2016 in the zoo, where she once stayed for five months in 1998, to become the oldest Asian elephant to bear a child. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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