GERMANY: BABY JETTE GIRAFFE MAKES HER FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE AT BERLIN TIERPARK ZOO

Record ID: 862678

  • Title: GERMANY: BABY JETTE GIRAFFE MAKES HER FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE AT BERLIN TIERPARK ZOO
  • Date: 14th June 2002
  • Summary: (L!1) BERLIN, GERMANY (JUNE 14, 2002)(REUTERS) MV BABY GIRAFFE JETTE STANDING IN THE ZOO'S ENCLOSURE PAN: JETTE RUNNING AROUND ADULTS GIRAFFE CU JETTE CHEWING GRASS JETTE RUNNING AROUND ADULTS GIRAFFE; JETTE RUNNING (2 SHOTS) PAN FROM SPECTATORS TO ENCLOSURE WITH GIRAFFES JETTE STANDING BY THE SIDE OF AN ADULT GIRAFFE PAN FROM CHILDREN WATCHING TO GIRAFFES JETTE RUNNING (SOUNDBITE) (German) JOACHIM KOHRMANN, ZOOKEEPER AT BERLIN TIERPARK, SAYING "The birth began while visitors were still watching. The last visit of the day was at six pm. Then nothing happened for a while. Then we thought we should just wait, that waiting was the best thing to do. At ten thirty pm, the zookeeper went to check, and there she was, standing next to her mother." JETTE EATING GRASS AND RUNNING ADULT GIRAFFE EATING LEAVES JETTE RUNNING CLOSE UP ON JETTE'S FACE CHILDREN WATCHING PROFILE OF JETTE BABY GIRAFFE WITH OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS
  • Embargoed: 29th June 2002 13:00
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  • Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
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  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Environment,Quirky,Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
  • Reuters ID: LVAAMF8GVK9RIX3I09NQVPWEY21X
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  • Story Text: Small by her family's standards but already taller than most animals, a baby giraffe has made her first public appearance at Tierpark zoo in Berlin.
    Baby giraffe Jette (pronounce Yette) seemed to enjoy her first public appearance on Friday (June 14), running around her family members happily within the zoo's enclosure.
    With her birth on May 26, the number of giraffes at Berlin Tierpark zoo went up to seven.
    It was the second birth of a giraffe at the zoo this year.
    Anton, Jette's half brother, was born on the 8th of March from the same father, but a different mother. Jette's mother is fifteen-year-old Elli.
    Jette is the German shortname for Henrietta.
    Some lucky visitors had a glimpse of the birth. Joachim Kohrmann, a zookeeper, described the birth. "The birth began while visitors were still watching. The last visit of the day was at 6pm. Then nothing happened for a while... At 1030pm, the zookeeper went to check, and there she was, standing next to her mother."
    Measuring 1,85 meters at birth, Jette was born 10 centimetres taller than her half brother Anton. Giraffes usually reach their adult size by the age of four.
    During her lifetime, a female giraffe can have up to ten babies.
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