tmildlyinteresting·Mildly Interestingbytictac2 Spotless giraffe born in a Tennessee zooView original on lemmy.world482Comments24
nninjabard lemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesThe fact that the zoo is not considering Spot as a name is criminal.54
GreenPlasticSushiGrass replykbin.social1Hide 1 replyThey should name it Spic 'n Span cuz it's spotless.16
ivanafterall kbin.social1Hide 1 replyHow long until Tennessee Republicans aim legislation at the giraffe with no spots? Also the children's book writes itself. Easy $1 billion to the first person that writes "The Giraffe Who Had No Spots."26
Wage_slave replylemmy.mlStop shoving you giraffe gender issues on my kids! It's making them corrupt and weird! /s6
downpunxx kbin.socialon the contrary, I see that giraffe sporting one all encompassing golden brown spot12
WWidowmaker_Best_Girl replylemmy.worldLil homie has more gains than I do and he's just been born. WTF I hate human biology.2
wrath-sedan kbin.social1Hide 1 replySaid it once gonna say it again, Lookin like a perfectly toasted marshmallow5
Catoblepas lemmy.blahaj.zoneI wonder if this is a reflection of the ancestral coloration of giraffes (loss/improper functioning of the genes that give them spots) or a neat individual mutation? I bet the genetics would be fun to look at4
The fact that the zoo is not considering Spot as a name is criminal.
They should name it Spic 'n Span cuz it's spotless.
I can already see the unofficial nickname Tennesseans will give it.
How long until Tennessee Republicans aim legislation at the giraffe with no spots?
Also the children's book writes itself. Easy $1 billion to the first person that writes "The Giraffe Who Had No Spots."
Stop shoving you giraffe gender issues on my kids! It's making them corrupt and weird!
/s
At what point are we just going to call it a long necked horse?
Well it turns out that giraffes are brown with white netting.
Reminds me of a lion's pelt, all it needs is a mane
on the contrary, I see that giraffe sporting one all encompassing golden brown spot
Homie is absolutely RIPPED
Lil homie has more gains than I do and he's just been born. WTF I hate human biology.
That’s one weird ass horse
Long horse
slender horse
Said it once gonna say it again,
Lookin like a perfectly toasted marshmallow
Mmmm... Giraffe smores
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It was in Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tennessee
I wonder if this is a reflection of the ancestral coloration of giraffes (loss/improper functioning of the genes that give them spots) or a neat individual mutation? I bet the genetics would be fun to look at
papa giraffe should've been suspicious of the lion that keeps visiting them
Somebody forgot to texture.
That's a camel, not a giraffe!
There's camel in the zoo sweating buckets right about now.
That's the 3rd one this week
Nonetheless loved by its mommy. Love diversity 😁