Dublin Zoo is celebrating this November after welcoming a very special arrival to the giraffe house!

 

On Sunday, 25th October, a mother Rothschild giraffe gave birth to a male, who is already an incredible 1.5 meters in height and weighs an estimated 45kg.

 

The calf has already made his first outside appearance in the African Savanna last Wednesday, and he joins a herd of eight giraffes already at the zoo.
 

                        

And while he might seem big already, the new arrival is expected to grow to six metres in height and can weigh over 2000kg as a fully grown adult!

 

The Rothschild giraffe is one of the most threatened of the nine sub-species of giraffe – fewer than 670 remain in the wild - so it is absolutely fantastic to see the herd thriving.

 

 

“The calf was born in the giraffe house with the other female members of the herd present. The team watched the birth unfold on our closed circuit cameras. The birth took over an hour and we noticed that the herd was very attentive each step of the way. We’re very excited about this addition to the Dublin Zoo herd,” team leader at Dublin Zoo, Helen Clarke-Bennett, said.

 

Such amazing news – we can’t wait to see him!

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