BABY GIRAFFE WITH MOTHER.




Initials MA/V/JH/ES.



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Background: MAKING HER DEBUT IN LONDON (JULY 23) A FIVE-WEEK-OLD GIRAFFE CALF. SHE WAS ALLOWED OUT INTO THE PADDOCK TO STRETCH HER LEGS. AND MUM WAS NOT FAR BEHIND.

AS BABIES GO SHE'S A BIG GIRL -- HEIGHT 7FT 10 INCHES (APPROX 2.4 METERS) -- JUST TWO FT (.7100m) MORE THAN HER BIRTH HEIGHT. SHE WAS CHRISTENED VIRGINIA AND SHE WAS BORN TO GRUMPY AND LYNN ON THE 16TH OF JUNE.

AND TO MAKE SURE SHE COMES TO NO HARM A FENCE HAS BEEN BUILT ROUND THE INSIDE OF THE MOAT WHICH SEPARATES THE GIRAFFES FROM THE PUBLIC. IT'S A PRECAUTION IN CASE VIRGINIA SHOULD BECOME TOO EXCITED AND SLIP AS SHE AROUND.