Moment rare Rothschild's giraffe is born at Chester Zoo

Conservationists at Chester Zoo are celebrating as the incredible moment a rare Rothschild's giraffe is born was caught live on CCTV cameras.
Footage shows the rare Rothschild’s giraffe calf, who already weighs 70kg and stands at six foot tall, falling onto a bed of soft straw before stumbling to its feet for the very first time.
Tens of thousands of Rothschild’s giraffes were once found in Kenya, Uganda and Sudan. However their population has suffered a 90% decline - leaving just 2,500 in the wild. The good news is, the population is now starting to bounce back thanks to decades of conservation efforts from the zoo and its partners.
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They called the giraffe species Rothschild? 🙄

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The IUCN currently recognizes only one species of giraffe with nine subspecies. Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi is named after the Tring Museum's founder, Walter Rothschild and is also known as the Baringo giraffe, after the Lake Baringo area of Kenya, or as the Ugandan giraffe. Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 - 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was presented with the Balfour Declaration, which pledged British support for a Jewish national home in Palestine. Rothschild was the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews from 1925 to 1926 Yep, THAT Rothschild.

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Giraffes communicate like elephants, at frequencies humans cannot hear.

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Best zoo in the UK

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The giraffinati.

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Free these creatures from the captivity

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If I were that rich, I would establish a colony in space

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Beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤

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Time to change the name of the Giraffes breed.

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Jacob reincarnated?

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Well well welll