Union Gap and Yakima County has declared a disaster, Jeff Emmons, Director of Emergency Management, announced at the meeting. A map of the updated area affected is attached to this story. Emmons said the county is on standby and ready for whatever happens.
The gestation periods of other animal reveals that the length of the gestation period is largely a matter of the animal specie's size. Asian elephants have a gestation period of 645 days and African elephants 640 days. Dogs and other canines have a gestation period of about 60, which is also the period for cats. Even within the species of apes and monkeys gestation period seem to be a matter of size.
An elephant pregnancy lasts for 21 - 22 months, the longest in the animal kingdom. Thong Deeâs gestation was 646 days, Porntipâs gestation was 651 days and Pak Boonâs gestation period was 658 days. The average/median gestation period for recorded elephant pregnancies is 659 days.