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 Meru's fifth baby brings fresh hope for the species, which is one of the world's most endangered mammals - with only 1,600 left in the wild.
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