2 baby giraffes welcomed at North Texas wildlife center
Two baby giraffes were welcomed this month at the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in Glenrose, Texas.
A female baby giraffe named Waffles was born to Snorgie on March 4. She is the first calf born to the wildlife center’s new male giraffe, Mananasi, who is 6 years old.
Snorgie was in labor for just under two hours. “As an experienced dam, Snorgie immediately started grooming the calf and encouraging it to stand,” said Molly Shea, Fossil Rim curator of hoofstock. “By the next morning the calf was dried off and tucked in a secluded spot.”
Baby giraffes at the wildlife center do not have to be weighed or examined unless a health concern arises, according to Fossil Rim Wildlife Center personnel.
Baby giraffes usually weigh anywhere from 125 to 150 pounds and are 6 feet tall at birth.
On Sunday, another female giraffe, Nettie, gave birth to a second baby giraffe.
“She’s doing well and enjoying hanging out with Waffles,” the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center said in a news release. The name of Nettie’s calf has not yet been announced.
Both of the new giraffes can be seen on the public self-guided tour.
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center is a not-for-profit wildlife conservation facility that specializes in captive-breeding programs for endangered and threatened animal species.
Located 55 miles southwest of the Dallas-Fort Worth area in Glen Rose, the center manages more than 50 species of wildlife including cheetahs, rhinos, giraffes, wolves, zebras, and Attwater prairie chickens, a species native to Texas.
