12 Absolutely Insane Facts About Animal Pregnancy
2. Elephants remain pregnant longer than any other mammal, with an average gestation period of 95 weeks. That's almost 2 YEARS. Can you imagine?
5. It's very difficult for female pandas to become pregnant — they only ovulate for a couple days in an entire year. What's more, according to NatGeo: Sometimes pandas "resorb, or absorb a fetus — a biological process that's still a mystery to scientists."
7. Opossums hardly have to be pregnant at all: The gestation period is a mere 14 days.
8. Although rarely observed by humans, some monkeys have been known to step in as midwife to assist in the birth of another monkey's baby.
9. Some otters experience "delayed implementation," meaning they are able to delay the development of their pregnancies in order to allow for a birth in an optimal month.
10. Here's another cool fact about otter moms: If they need to dive down into the water, they'll wrap their pup in seaweed or kelp to keep it from drifting away.
12. So...male koalas have double-headed (or bifurcated) penises and the females have two vaginas. Also, the female has a third birthing vagina that opens after pregnancy occurs.
