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Kipenzi, Seneca Park Zoo's 7-year-old female Masai giraffe, was euthanized Monday, 16 months after being diagnosed with inoperable cancer of the jaw.
On March 18, Zoo Miami shared the heartbreaking news of the death of a juvenile giraffe that was born on December 15 th. The young female was found deceased early Saturday morning by Animal ...
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Over 100 Masai giraffe live under human care in AZA accredited zoos in the United States. [19] At several zoos, Masai giraffe cows have become pregnant and successfully given birth. [20] Masai giraffes can suffer from giraffe skin disease, which is a disorder of unknown etiology that causes lesion on the forelimbs.
For Kansas City Zoo officials, the death of a giraffe — or for that matter, of any animals at the zoo — is not a negligible thing. It is akin to losing a close friend or family member, they say.
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]
Thornicroft's giraffes are tall with very long necks. [8] They have long, dark tongues and skin-colored horns. [9] Giraffes have a typical coat pattern, with regional differences among subspecies. The pattern consists of large, irregular shaped brown to black patches separated by white to yellow bands. [9]
Here's an interesting fact about giraffes: they don't need much sleep. They sleep about 4-1/2 hours a day in 30-minute cycles. Baby giraffes sleep a bit more and depend on their mothers for ...