Manama, Sep 3 (BNA) -- Minister of State for Information Affairs and Government's Official Spokesperson Sameera Ebraheem bin Rajab, today received Eman Rajab, an expert at the Regional Relations Studies Unit (RRSU) and Head of Academic Development at the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies in Cairo.
Giraffes are pregnant for a period between 14 and 15 months, or 453 to 464 days, one of longest gestation periods in the animal kingdom. Giraffes usually give birth to one offspring at a time, although twins are born occasionally. Because the gestation period is so long, the giraffe won't give birth to another baby for 16 months or more.
Some seal species give birth after 330 days, fairly similar to horses. Tapirs and rhinoceroses, moderately close relatives of equines, have even longer gestations. Tapirs have pregnancies of 440 days, while the African rhinoceros has a 480-day gestation. Large animals with much shorter gestation periods include tigers (103 days), reindeer (225 days), moose (240 days), and bison (270 days). Those with considerably longer pregnancies are camels (410 days) and giraffes (425 days).