A great story from Whipsnade Zoo, the UK’s biggest, where a very small elephant has been born after a near record wait. Here is what the zoo wrote: Elephants are notorious for their long memories, but now they will be renowned for their lengthy pregnancies. Long-suffering Asian elephant Azizah was carrying her baby for 700 days – 84 longer than the average – and finally gave birth at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, Bedfordshire, last Tuesday. It is believed to be the longest pregnancy ever recorded at the British zoo – nearly two extra months over the normal gestation period of 22 months. And the baby, at just 104kg at birth, is the smallest in Whipshade’s history.