Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Gemina (July 16, 1986 – January 9, 2008) (pronounced Jeh-MEE-nah) [1] was a 12-foot-tall (3.7 m) Baringo giraffe [2] who lived in the Santa Barbara Zoo in Santa Barbara, California. [2] She became notable for the peculiar deformity in her neck , which was bent by almost ninety degrees between her C3 and C4 vertebrae .
Gemina. Gemina (July 16, 1986 – January 9, 2008) the "crooked-necked giraffe" was one of the most popular animals at the Santa Barbara Zoo. A Baringo giraffe, she was born with a straight neck at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. At the age of three she developed a bend in her neck.
"Dr Lesley Dickie, executive director of EAZA, [said] that between 3,000 and 5,000 healthy animals are put down every year across Europe. 'That’s our estimate for all animals management euthanised in the zoo, be it tadpoles up until a giraffe'. Among those killed were 22 healthy zebras, four hippos and two Arabian Oryx were also put down.
The giraffe was born on 31 July. The zoo that welcomed a rare spotless giraffe has now been named after weeks of collecting suggestions and votes.. On 31 July, at Brights Zoo in Limestone ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Gemina (giraffe) M. Marius (giraffe) Medici giraffe; V. Victor the Giraffe; Z. Zarafa (giraffe) This page was last edited on 2 June 2023, at 16:24 (UTC) ...
Dik-diks are only about a foot and a half tall when fully grown, so the fact that Twiggy the giraffe even took notice of, let alone cared for such a small creature is a truly remarkable feat.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us