When my mom alerted me to this baby giraffe born in Mississippi last Monday with weak ankles, I was intrigued. I loooove giraffes! The unnamed babe was born with a rare medical condition with weak flexor tendons in both hind legs. Zookeepers were monitoring her process over the last six days, bandaging her back ankles to help her stand up and to prevent abrasions and infections. Sadly, though, the tiny 87-pound calf died yesterday. Officials will perform a necropsy to determine the exact cause of death – see a couple more pictures when you read more.
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1Poor thing
She is so adorable!
I agree, poor baby! So cute! They should have made some sort of training wheels for her!
2Giraffes are such amazing creatures. So sad about this one
3this brings tears to my eyes. I'm so sad for the poor baby and poor mama giraffe.
4poor baby... how sad.
Giraffes have such sweet eyes.
I also just watched a segment on the local news that said a female elephant died today at the Dallas zoo.
5Noooooooo!
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7So sad.
8I whimpered as I read this. Poor little thing.
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That sucks so bad
10How sad!!! Pet, I too love giraffes...poor little girl
11Poor little thing.
12ooohhh that's so sad!! I love giraffes!
13this is so sad. Poor thing. Too bad they couldn't help her.
14bless her sweet heart.
15Oh, this is so sad. This just made me tear up a bit.
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