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A rare baby giraffe has no spots, but now she has a name.
A rare baby giraffe has no spots, but now she has a name! Officials at the Brights Zoo, a family-owned establishment in Limestone, Tennessee, revealed the adorable, 5-week-old giraffe's name live ...
The name "giraffe" has its earliest known origins in the Arabic word zirāfah (زِرَافَةْ), of an ultimately unclear Sub-Saharan African language origin. [2] The Middle English and early Modern English spellings, jarraf and ziraph, derive from the Arabic form-based Spanish and Portuguese girafa. [3]
The giraffe cam was shut off at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on April 21, with the staff appearing on camera before the shutoff to express their thanks. [11] As a result of a name-the-baby contest, the calf was named Tajiri, from the Swahili language word for "hope". [20]
Nyasi was born Aug. 9 and is the first giraffe born at the zoo in 12 years. The name Nyasi was chosen by a thin margin after nearly 4,000 votes were cast, Shepherd said. ... Louisville Zoo's baby ...
The Rothschild's giraffe is easily distinguishable from other subspecies. The most obvious sign is in the coloring of the coat or pelt.Whereas the reticulated giraffe has very clearly defined dark patches with bright-whitish channels between them, Rothschild's giraffe more closely resembles the Masai giraffe.
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A baby giraffe was born without spots last month. According to Brights Zoo, where the giraffe was born, she is the only known only solid-colored reticulated giraffe in the world.