Shocking: Mother Giraffe delivers a 6 foot long baby Giraffe
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Image Source : INDIATVUnusually the mother gave birth during the day which allowed keepers to film it. She (Sangha) had been regnant for around 14 months.
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The birth was important as Rothschild's Giraffe are the most endangered of all the giraffe species.
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The baby's father is a 10 year old called Yoda. Sangha and her breeding partner Yoda had another calf, a male, in August last year but it died shortly after birth.
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The baby was born six foot tall and was running around within hours.
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There are only 670 Rothschild's giraffes in the world, making them rare than Giant Pandas.
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This unnamed female Rothschild's Giraffe was born at Paignton Zoo in Devon on Saturday.