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A rare baby giraffe has no spots, but now she has a name! Officials at the Brights Zoo, a family-owned establishment in Limestone, Tennessee, revealed the adorable, 5-week-old giraffe's name live ...
A rare baby giraffe has no spots, but now she has a name.
Nyasi was born Aug. 9 and is the first giraffe born at the zoo in 12 years. The name Nyasi was chosen by a thin margin after nearly 4,000 votes were cast, Shepherd said. ... Louisville Zoo's baby ...
The giraffe cam was shut off at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on April 21, with the staff appearing on camera before the shutoff to express their thanks. [11] As a result of a name-the-baby contest, the calf was named Tajiri, from the Swahili language word for "hope". [20]
Currently the baby giraffe stands at six feet tall and “thriving” under its mother’s care, according to zoo officials. The zoo held a naming contest for the public to participate in.
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]
More About Tino, Houston Zoo's Baby Giraffe. One commenter said that somebody should be fired if they didn't know the giraffe was pregnant, but that's incorrect. Houston Zoo knew Kamili was ...
Brandon Kyle Belt was born on April 20, 1988, in Nacogdoches, Texas.Belt attended Hudson High School in Hudson, Texas, where he was a pitcher and outfielder.The Boston Red Sox selected Belt in the 11th round (343rd overall) of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft as a pitcher, but chose not to offer him the signing bonus that would make him forego his college commitment.