Kansas City Zoo Announces Winning Name for New Baby Giraffe

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) — The Kansas City Zoo’s poll is over and the name of the new giraffe has been chosen.

“Willow,” the Masai giraffe, was born on June 30 at approximately 1:30 a.m. At birth, she weighed approximately 125 pounds and was 5 feet, 6 inches tall.

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The zoo said she would nurse for six months to a year, but was already exploring the diet of adult giraffes. A video posted to X showed Willow curiously trying to share a snack with her mother.

Masai giraffes are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. Since the 1980s, their population has been steadily declining in many parts of Kenya.

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