“This is our first one without a pattern,” continued Bright, who also added that giraffe’s spots are usually developed in the womb.<\/p>\n
“There’s been three others born that look just like her. The last one was in Tokyo, Japan [in] 1972. The one before that was four years prior, again in Tokyo, to the same mom, and before that there was one in Uganda,” shared Bright.<\/p>\n
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The zoo believes that the giraffe is currently “the only solid-colored reticulated giraffe living anywhere on the planet.”<\/p>\n
The young giraffe is only 22-days-old, but is completely healthy and expected to grow up healthy.<\/p>\n
“[As] we do for all of our giraffe calves when they’re first born, we have vets come in at 24 hours and draw blood again at 48 hours, and that allows us to see where they stand on the chart,” continued the zoo director. “And all of her blood work came back great. So that means that we know that she’s healthy.”<\/p>\n
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