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Gemina (giraffe) Gemina (July 16, 1986 – January 9, 2008) (pronounced Jeh-MEE-nah) [1] was a 12-foot-tall (3.7 m) Baringo giraffe [2] who lived in the Santa Barbara Zoo in Santa Barbara, California. [2] She became notable for the peculiar deformity in her neck, which was bent by almost ninety degrees between her C3 and C4 vertebrae.
The Santa Barbara Zoo is located on 30 acres (12 ha) near the ocean in Santa Barbara, California. It was built on the site of what was known as the Child Estate. It has more than 500 animals in numerous exhibits, including capybara and California condors , and was known for having had a giraffe with a crooked neck.
Culling animals in zoos is the process of segregating animals from a group according to desired or undesired characteristics; the process often ends with the segregated animals being killed. Several reasons are given for culling in zoos, including a lack of space, the genes of the culled animals are over-represented in the zoo population, the ...
A baby giraffe has died of a broken neck at Zoo Miami, zoo officials said. The giraffe, born Dec. 15, was found by the zoo's staff Saturday morning, spokesperson Ron Magill said. “Because the ...
A 3-month-old giraffe was found dead Saturday morning in her enclosure at Zoo Miami. After conducting a necropsy on the animal, scientists concluded that the cause of death was a broken neck, Ron ...
Julia Daye. April 9, 2024 at 1:51 PM. A unique-looking but adorable baby is wobbling around the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. From behind, he looks like a zebra. In fact, from toe to tummy, he ...
Anne Christine Innis Dagg CM (25 January 1933 – 1 April 2024) was a Canadian zoologist, feminist, and author of numerous books. A pioneer in the study of animal behaviour in the wild, Dagg is credited with being the first person to study wild giraffes. [1] Her impact on current understandings of giraffe biology and behaviour were the focus of ...
May 15, 2024 at 3:11 PM. Courtesy of Santa Barbara Zoo. A trio of adorable Humboldt penguin chicks hatched at a California zoo, and one carries on the legacy of its Teva sandal-wearing grandfather ...