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Meet the Newest Giraffe at the Greenville Zoo
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On February 21, the Greenville Zoo's giraffe, Autumn, gave birth to a sweet little girl. I finally got a chance to visit her on March 4. Below are some pictures and a YouTube video of my visit.
If you look closely in this one, you'll see that the calf has inherited what I like to call Autumn's bowtie. All of her calves have had a similar spot arrangement at the base on their neck.
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Nursing for a short moment
Voguing for the camera
My favorite photo so far
Video
Now that you've seen how cute she is, check out this video as I arrived at the zoo and saw this cutie for the first time. You get to see the whole giraffe family and this little girl doing some zoomies.
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