2 Days, 2 Baby Boy Giraffes
COLORADO SPRINGS – The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo welcomed two baby giraffe calves this week.
Both babies are male. One was born Tuesday, March 23, the other Wednesday, March 24.
The March 23 arrival was born to Muziki, an 11-year-old female. The second giraffe calf was born to eight-year-old Uzuri. This was Muziki’s third birth and Uzuri’s second at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Both giraffe calves were sired by the Zoo’s bull giraffe, Mawimbi.
Thegiraffe calvesare two of three anticipated baby giraffesthisSpring.
They have not yet been named.
