Santa Barbara Zoo Just Welcomed a Baby Boy Giraffe
By Alysia Gray Painter ••
The Santa Barbara Zoo is temporarily closed in response to COVID-19, but new life is still flowering at the famous animal park. Look to the newest baby at the destination, Twiga, a Masai giraffe. The bouncing baby boy arrived to mom Adia on March 27, weighing in at 125.5 pounds.
The first adorable photos? Santa Barbara Zoo just shared the sweet pictorial for giraffe fans to enjoy from home. The video of the birth? You can watch the exciting moment on the zoo's Instagram.
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Masai giraffe Adia welcomed the baby boy on March 27, 2020.
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Twiga, the Swahili word for "giraffe," weighed 125.5 pounds at birth.
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Twiga's height? He's six feet tall.
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Twiga is Adia's first calf and the eighth baby for dad Michael, revealed the zoo.
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"Twiga plays a very important role in the Species Survival Plan Program for Masai giraffes," says a post on Instagram. "Through this cooperative AZA effort, every single giraffe born here at the Zoo serves a significant purpose: to help keep their species alive."
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Eager to see more? Count on the zoo sharing Twiga videos and snapshots as this not-so-little baby continues to grow tall in the weeks ahead.
