PHOENIX — The newest mama at the Phoenix Zoo is welcoming a baby girl giraffe.
The baby girl was born on Feb. 7 and stands at nearly 6-feet-tall and 150 lbs. The zoo's staff said the calf is healthy and sticks extremely close to her mother in the giraffe barn.
The zoo introduced the 2-week old Masai giraffe as the third calf of its 8-year-old mother Sunshine and the fourth calf fathered by 13-year-old Miguu.
Sunshine is a very protective mother and staff expects the mother-daughter duo to stay in their barn, away from the exhibit, to bond for the next few weeks.
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