Monochrome Giraffes are extremely rare.
A completely spotless giraffe has been born at a zoo in Tennessee, USA.
The baby reticulated giraffe was born at the Brights zoo on July 31. It is an extremely rare animal: it is known to be the only monochrome giraffe of its subspecies, the zoo said on Monday of The Guardian by.
According to the zoo, the cub is now about 180 centimeters tall.
Executive director of Giraffe Conservation Foundation GCF Stephanie Fennessy said The Washington Post according to that the foundation has never seen a similar giraffe in the wild.
The spots characteristic of giraffes usually help with terrain.
The zoo has opened a naming contest for the baby giraffe. According to the Washington Post, the zoo is trying to bring attention to the conservation of giraffes with a special kind of chick. The giraffe is an endangered species and there are about 117,000 of them in the wild.
Giraffe habitats in Africa have decreased due to agriculture. They are also threatened by deforestation, poaching and conflicts between people.
In 2020, extremely rare white giraffes were spotted in Kenya.