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[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The fact that the zoo is not considering Spot as a name is criminal.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They should name it Spic 'n Span cuz it's spotless.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I can already see the unofficial nickname Tennesseans will give it.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Stop shoving you giraffe gender issues on my kids! It's making them corrupt and weird!

/s

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

At what point are we just going to call it a long necked horse?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

Well it turns out that giraffes are brown with white netting.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

on the contrary, I see that giraffe sporting one all encompassing golden brown spot

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reminds me of a lion's pelt, all it needs is a mane

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Homie is absolutely RIPPED

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Lil homie has more gains than I do and he's just been born. WTF I hate human biology.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

That’s one weird ass horse

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Said it once gonna say it again,

Lookin like a perfectly toasted marshmallow

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Mmmm... Giraffe smores

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Article

It was in Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tennessee

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Somebody forgot to texture.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

papa giraffe should've been suspicious of the lion that keeps visiting them

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's a camel, not a giraffe!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

There's camel in the zoo sweating buckets right about now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

That's the 3rd one this week

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Nonetheless loved by its mommy. Love diversity 😁