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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]
Marius (6 February 2012 – 9 February 2014) was a male giraffe living at Copenhagen Zoo.Though healthy, he was genetically unsuitable for future captive breeding, as his genes were over-represented in the captive population, so the zoo authorities decided to euthanize him.
Riverbanks Zoo announces death of 13-year-old giraffe. Noah Feit. March 10, 2024 at 12:02 PM. A giraffe who lived at Columbia’s Riverbanks Zoo & Garden for more than a decade has died.
'This is a difficult loss for our Zoo family,' the Brevard Zoo said in a statement.
Giraffes are known for their peaceful nature and their preference for living together in close family social groups. Although they rarely fight with each other, there are times when two male ...
After the death of the three giraffes, environmentalists who visited the site denounced that it was small and unsuitable for the animals. [4] Police arrested two men on Wednesday for "ill-treatment", [ 5 ] although BioParque denies ill-treatment. [ 6 ]
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium announced the death of Shaggy the reticulated giraffe.
Anne Christine Innis Dagg CM (25 January 1933 – 1 April 2024) was a Canadian zoologist, feminist, and author of numerous books.A pioneer in the study of animal behaviour in the wild, Dagg is credited with being the first person to study wild giraffes. [1]