the Dallas Zoo<\/a> announced that it welcomed a baby giraffe late last month. The male giraffe, born to parents Katie and Tebogo, weighed 156 pounds and already stood at 5 feet 8 inches tall upon arrival \u2014 this might be devastating news for the short king community, now that we think about it. <\/p>\nThe new addition is particularly exciting because reticulated giraffes are among the endangered animals in the wild. According to the zoo, the species has declined by 30% in the last three decades for various reasons, such as poaching and habitat loss. <\/p>\n
\u201cWelcoming a new calf is always a joyful moment for our Zoo family and our community,\u201d Tina Cloutier Barbour, Zoo Associate VP of Animal Care and Welfare, said in a statement. \u201cEvery birth helps contribute to the long-term conservation of this incredible species.\u201d<\/p>\n
No word on when you can see him yet, but the zoo team says they\u2019ll update us soon on his debut at the Giants of the Savanna habitat. <\/p>\n
His name is unknown as of now, by the way, so we thought we\u2019d offer a suggestion: Luka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The zoo’s newest addition, pictured with his mom, Katie. Courtesy of Dallas Zoo If you\u2019ll allow it, we\u2019ve…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":276810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,143194,1596,43314,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-276809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-animals-wildlife","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-first-look","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-tx","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115315220739230427","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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