Newborn Giraffe. - She is soooooooo cute!
Most babies measuring 5ft would be considered big, but newborn
giraffe, Margaret, at Chester Zoo, UK is seen as unusually small for
her species. She is one of the smallest giraffes ever born at Chester
Zoo but pint-sized Margaret will soon be an animal to look up to.
Little Margaret, who is the first female Rothschild giraffe born at the
zoo, is being hand-reared by her dedicated keepers. The first calf for
six-year-old mum Fay, Margaret, who was born two weeks early, tipped
the scales at just 34 kilos and is a mere 5ft tall. Tim Rowlands, team
leader of the Giraffes section, said: 'Margaret is potentially one of
the smallest giraffe calves we have ever seen. Fay isn't the largest of
giraffes and Margaret was also early which might go some way to
explaining her size. 'Margaret was having difficulty suckling so our
keeping team are now hand-rearing her' .