Spotless Giraffe Born at Tennessee Zoo, Believed To Be Only One in the World
Giraffes are one of the most popular, widely-kept zoo animals in the world, and are bred with considerable frequency. As many as are housed and born in zoos, it's not surprising that an occasional unique calf in born. Recently, Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tennessee, welcomed an extraordinary calf - one that, instead of the usual net-like pattern for which giraffes are known, was born one solid color (instead of being spotless, it could almost be said that the animal is one giant spot). The female calf is believed to be the first solid-color giraffe born in over fifty years.
The ancients named the giraffe Camelopard, or "camel leopard", referring to an animal shaped like a camel but spotted like a leopard. I wonder what they would have made of this baby.
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