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A tall order. Ginetta, an 8-year-old Masai giraffe, nuzzles her newborn baby at the Metro zoo yesterday. The strapping 6-foot infant, which weighed in(...)
A tall order. Ginetta, an 8-year-old Masai giraffe, nuzzles her newborn baby at the Metro zoo yesterday. The strapping 6-foot infant, which weighed in(...)

A tall order. Ginetta, an 8-year-old Masai giraffe, nuzzles her newborn baby at the Metro zoo yesterday. The strapping 6-foot infant, which weighed in(...)

Date9/17/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: A tall order. Ginetta; an 8-year-old Masai giraffe; nuzzles her newborn baby at the Metro zoo yesterday. The strapping 6-foot infant; which weighed in at 56 kilograms (125 pounds); was up and walking within 1 1/2 hours of its birth.
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