FOUR PACK OF LONG NECKS.Byline: - Daily News Spring is a busy time for the stork stork, common name for members of a family of long-legged wading birds. The storks are related to the herons and ibises and are found in most of the warmer parts of the world. at the L.A. Zoo. Raha, a 6-foot-tall baby giraffe giraffe, African ruminant mammal, Giraffa camelopardalis, living in open savanna S of the Sahara. The tallest of animals, giraffes browse in treetops at heights inaccessible to other leaf-eaters. A male may be 18 ft (5.5 m) from hoof to crown. , is the latest delivery. Born at the zoo on April 4, the male giraffe held his head high Tuesday as his parents showed him off to zoo-goers for the first time. Raha means "happy" in Swahili, a language spoken in east Africa where giraffes roam freely. Giraffes have a gestation period Gestation period In mammals, the interval between fertilization and birth. It covers the total period of development of the offspring, which consists of a preimplantation phase (from fertilization to implantation in the mother's womb), an embryonic phase of 15 months and can grow to 18 feet. And their blood pressure is 2 1/2 times that of humans to pump blood all the way up their long necks. Raha's debut kicked off a month-long Everybody Loves a Baby event, which hopes to attract families to the zoo with discounts and a chance to eye some rare babes. Also competing for the oohs and aahs of animal lovers: baby kangaroos Kangaroos Slang term for Australian stocks, it refers mostly to the stocks on the All Ordinaries index, which is composed of 280 of the most active Australian companies. Notes: , monkeys, gibbons Famous people named Gibbons include:
"Every one of these births is a testament to the entire zoo staff," said spokesman Jason Jacobs, noting that many of the animals born at the zoo are endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. . Most of the newborns arrive in the spring and summer, leading to a spike in zoo attendance during the period. In May, families who bring a baby picture can get $2 off an adult admission (maximum two tickets) and $1 off a child admission (maximum two tickets). There's plenty of time to see Raha, but don't wait too long. "Eventually, he most likely will go to another zoo because we already have one male giraffe, his father, at the exhibit," Jacobs said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) no caption (giraffes) Tina Burch/Staff Photographer |
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