Heartwarming moment giraffe gives birth to gangly calf who then takes its first steps at Chester Zoo
The adorable 70kg Rothschild baby was welcomed into the world at Chester Zoo on Wednesday. Incredible CCTV captured the moment the unnamed male 6ft tall giraffe was born as he dropped onto a bed of soft straw from a height of two metres from mum Orla. And it later showed the gangly calf making his first tentative steps and suckling from his mother. Mother Orla (above) gently nuzzles against her newborn calf at Chester Zoo Orla and ten-year-old dad Merus fifth baby brings fresh hope for the spec...
Sarah Roffe Caroline Wright Walter Rothschild Mike Jordan Giraffe Conservation Foundation Uganda Kidepo Valley National Park
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