{"id":15403,"date":"2017-04-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/giraffe-born-at-monarto-zoo\/"},"modified":"2017-04-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T00:00:00","slug":"giraffe-born-at-monarto-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/giraffe-born-at-monarto-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Giraffe born at Monarto Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A baby giraffe has entered the world at South Australia&#8217;s open range zoo.<\/h3>\n<p>Monarto Zoo giraffe Myeisha gave birth to the calf at about 10.50am after going into labour about twenty minutes earlier, Zoos SA says.<\/p>\n<p>The gender of the baby has not yet been confirmed but it is the first giraffe born at the zoo, east of Adelaide, in eight years.<\/p>\n<p>Zoos SA says the birth is an important contribution to its breeding program, with giraffes classified as vulnerable to extinction in the wild.<\/p>\n<p>Another Monarto Zoo giraffe is expected to give birth any day now and several others are thought to be in the early stages of the 15-month pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH HERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Monarto Zoo&#39;s baby giraffe has just been born, watch it take some of its first steps <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9NewsAdel\">@9NewsAdel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZoosSA\">@ZoosSA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sQ90saTRWZ\">pic.twitter.com\/sQ90saTRWZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sarah Hancock (@_SarahHancock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_SarahHancock\/status\/854522303551422464\">April 19, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<p><em>-AAP<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/monarto-zoo-is-about-to-get-a-scary-new-addition\">MONARTO IS ABOUT TO GET A SCARY NEW ADDITION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/ceo-s-warning-about-port-adelaide-s-china-game\">CEO\u2019S WARNING ABOUT PORT ADELAIDE\u2019S CHINA GAME<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/caro-s-huge-swipe-at-the-afl-after-the-weekend-s-footy\"><strong>CARO\u2019S HUGE SWIPE AT THE AFL AFTER THE WEEKEND\u2019S FOOTY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A baby giraffe has entered the world at South Australia&#8217;s open range zoo. Monarto Zoo giraffe Myeisha gave birth to the calf at about 10.50am after going into labour about twenty minutes earlier, Zoos SA says. 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