The animal’s rare coloring is likely due to some sort of mutation in one or more genes, she says. But there’s no indication of underlying medical issues or that the newborn reticulated giraffe—a subspecies native to eastern Africa—is at a genetic disadvantage. But even a World Cup not shrouded in as much controversy as Qatar’s can still leave significant burdens on a host country. They experience human-like grief at the death of a calf. They will stand by the dead calf, nudging it or running around it, or they may return to it for a period of time. Brights Zoo doesn’t usually publicize newborn animals, as David Bright tells Rebecca Reynolds of the Associated Press. “But with this being such a unique situation, we knew that it would bring a lot of attention to giraffes,” and their plight, he tells the publication. Fred Bercovitch, a wildlife conservation biologist at Kyoto University and executive director of the nonprofit Save the Giraffes, tells Insider the animal’s color is likely due to a specific genetic mutation. Though many questions have yet to be answered about giraffes and their spots, a calf’s pattern is probably at least partly inherited from its mother, he tells the publication.

The spotless giraffe calf is certainly an interesting case,” and that type of coloring has never been seen in the wild, says Sara Ferguson, a wildlife veterinarian and conservation health coordinator at the Giraffe Conservation Foundation. David Bright, zoo director at the Brights Zoo, says that the baby’s nine-year-old mother, Shenna, had previously birthed three other calves and the trio were all spotted. This latest addition to the zoo’s giraffe family was born at a weight of around 190 pounds, he says, and her veterinary care team concluded “she’s healthy and normal”—though her coloring was a surprise. A case of spotlessnessFloodplain Forests national park in western Turkey is home to a wide variety of ecosystems and animal habitats. Identity, Empire and the Culture War Byline Times explores the weaponisation of Britain’s past as a key tool in a dark project of division and distraction Cronyism and Corruption Byline Times uncovers the nepotism that greases the wheels of British politics. Another legacy of the South Africa World Cup that is much harder to quantify is its impact on the country’s power system. Indeed, this system has deteriorated over the past 15 years to the extent that scheduled power cuts took place on 91 of the first 243 days this year. Depending on the situation at the country’s power stations, power cuts can occasionally last for most of the day.

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