Look!👀 The LA Zoo has a new member! The yet-to-be-named baby boy is already over 6 feet tall -- and he's going to get taller.
Masai giraffes are found in eastern Africa, mostly in Kenya and Tanzania.
The subspecies of giraffe can grow up to 17 feet tall, and weigh around 2,700 pounds when they're fully grown. That's roughlyThey're the largest subspecies of giraffe around, according to the LA Zoo -- and giraffes are already, famously, the tallest land mammal.The new baby is the fourth calf for mama Zainabu, and the sixth for his dad, Philip, the LA Zoo said.
"Every giraffe birth we have at the LA Zoo is exciting," said Mike Bona, animal keeper at the Los Angeles Zoo, in a statement.,"due to habitat loss and fragmentation, illegal hunting, and disease," the zoo said.This article tagged under:
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