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Zoo visitors unexpectedly witness the birth of a baby giraffe

Zoo visitors in Milwaukee witnessed the birth of a baby giraffe
Ziggy, a female giraffe at the Milwaukee County Zoo looks over her new born male calf. The calf was birthed in front of visitors in their exhibit on Aug. 4.

Visitors to the Milwaukee County Zoo witnessed an event that had not happened in front of a crowd since the 1990s; the birth of a baby giraffe.

Witnesses were able to see the mother Ziggy birth a male reticulated

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