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Mar 09Private Zoo celebrates first giraffe birth in isthmus
Liberia’s Africa Mia Zoo has announced the successful birth of a baby giraffe, weighting nearly 50 kilos, Roxi –as the newcomer female giraffe specimen has been named- came to this world at 1:43 p.m. on Sunday March 8th.
According to the zoo’s veterinarian, this is the first time such thing has occurred in Central America, while another giraffe by the name of Amapola has also been reported pregnant.
This particular species is expected to reach between 5 and 6 meters in height and weight between 900 and 1400 kilos.
Africa Mia (as Meryl Streep’s 1985 “Out of Africa” movie has been known is Spanish) was the name chosen by businessman Mario Sotela to bestow upon his biological reserve situated in the province of Guanacaste; with a climate and geography similar to that of the African semi-dry steppes, animals from the far away continent enjoy a natural environment that much resembles their original habitat.