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The Medici giraffe was a giraffe presented to Lorenzo de' Medici on November 18, 1487, [1] by al-Ashraf Qaitbay, the Burji Mamluk Sultan of Egypt, in an attempt to win the support of the Medici. The first living giraffe in Europe and Italy since Ancient Rome , the Medici giraffe caused a great stir on its arrival in Florence .
Standing 1.52 metres (approximately 5 feet) tall, with a gadrooned everted lip, it has a deep frieze carved with a mythological bas-relief that defies secure identification: a half-draped female figure Iphigenia seated below a statue of a goddess on a high plinth, restored as Diana, with heroic warriors on either side, perhaps Agamemnon and either Achilles or Odysseus standing to either side.
The Garden references exotic travel literature of the 15th century through the animals, including lions and a giraffe, in the left panel. The giraffe has been traced to Cyriac of Ancona, a travel writer known for visiting Egypt during the 1440s. The exoticism of Cyriac's sumptuous manuscripts may have inspired Bosch's imagination.
The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya is no stranger to caring for tiny newborn animals. The organization actually specializes in sheltering and raising orphaned wildlife from elephants to rhinos.
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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.
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