Animals
A rare spotless giraffe is born in a zoo in the United States
An American zoo has announced the extremely rare birth of a monochromatic giraffe, covered in brown hair without any spots.
PostedAugust 22, 2023, 11:46 PM
The spots of giraffes serve mainly as camouflage in the vegetation. (Pretext image)
AFP
Still a baby, already a star. A monochromatic giraffe, without any of the characteristic spots of its species, was born in a US zoo, an extremely rare event, the park said on Tuesday. “A spotless giraffe is very rare,” David Bright, director of Brights Zoo in Tennessee, told AFP. No such birth had been recorded since 1972 in Tokyo, he said.
Camouflage
The little animal – which still measures 1m80 – covered with brown hair, was born on July 31. Since then, this female like no other “has flourished thanks to the care of her caring mother and the zoo’s specialized staff,” the establishment said in a press release.
The spots of giraffes serve mainly as camouflage in the vegetation. This one of a kind, on the contrary, attracts the attention of the media all over the world. The zoo hopes that the many articles dedicated to the birth of this reticulated giraffe – the name of its subspecies – will help draw attention to the threats to its species.
“Wild populations are silently plunging towards extinction, with 40% of the wild giraffe population lost in three decades,” Tony Bright, founder of Brights Zoo, warned in the statement.
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2023-08-22 21:46:10
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