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Disa

දිසා திசா

Disa
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A photo of a Sri Lankan Elephant — not this animal

Disa (also written Dissa) is one of the male twins born to Surangi at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in August 2021, the first twin elephant births recorded there; his father is Pandu. He and his twin Sajjana were formally named at a traditional ceremony at Pinnawala on 11 January 2022.

Sources

  1. Sri Lanka officially names twin elephant calves — Newsfirst, 12 Jan 2022
  2. Jumbo twins, another named at Pinnawala — Daily News
  3. Double bubbles at Pinnawala — Daily Mirror, 24 Jan 2022