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Zookeepers Say Baby Giraffe Has ‘Brave And Goofy’ Personality

The zoo released a new video of the female calf on Monday.

By Anica Padilla

October 6, 2020

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) — The baby giraffe born at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo last week is doing well and zookeepers say they’re starting to see her “brave and goofy” personality develop. The zoo released a new video of the female calf on Monday.

“She’s nursing well, sleeping well, getting up and down, and hitting the giraffe calf milestones her care team wants to see,” officials wrote on Facebook.

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Her keepers were concerned that ligaments in her two front legs were contracted, but they say the ligaments appear to have loosened substantially.

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