{"id":590820,"date":"2023-09-11T21:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T18:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/another-spotless-giraffe-has-been-recorded-this-one-in-the-wild\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T21:07:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T18:07:00","slug":"another-spotless-giraffe-has-been-recorded-this-one-in-the-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/another-spotless-giraffe-has-been-recorded-this-one-in-the-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"#Another spotless giraffe has been recorded \u2013 this one, in the wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2b7a94154ae\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2b7a94154ae\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/another-spotless-giraffe-has-been-recorded-this-one-in-the-wild\/#Trending_News\" >Trending News<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">Just weeks after a Tennessee zoo said it welcomed <span class=\"link\">a rare spotless giraffe<\/span>, another one has been photographed in the wild \u2013 this time in Namibia, Africa. The Giraffe Conservation Foundation announced in a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> release Monday the spotless Angolan giraffe was seen on a private <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> reserve \u2013 and it is the first one ever recorded in the wild in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tennessee, made headlines last month when it announced a phenomenal giraffe without any markings was born. That giraffe, <span class=\"link\">eventually named Kipepee<\/span>, which means &#8220;unique&#8221; in Swahili, is believed to be the only solid-colored reticulated without spots.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"spotless-giraffe-and-mother-in-namibia-c-eckart-demasius-gcf.jpg \" height=\"412\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/11\/cdf9b209-560d-4231-9b05-73c9060237ba\/thumbnail\/620x412\/fc3bc2ac3fd8f2254bbf5825565de03e\/spotless-giraffe-and-mother-in-namibia-c-eckart-demasius-gcf.jpg?v=4e5c11166f529429e37bbcbb597e9315 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/11\/cdf9b209-560d-4231-9b05-73c9060237ba\/thumbnail\/1240x824\/046e558f3846462c8569e8edc17a3190\/spotless-giraffe-and-mother-in-namibia-c-eckart-demasius-gcf.jpg?v=4e5c11166f529429e37bbcbb597e9315 2x\"><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Giraffe Conservation Foundation says a spotless giraffe was photographed in the wild in Namibia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Giraffe Conservation Foundation<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reticulated giraffes are a species commonly found in northern and northeastern Kenya as well as parts of Somalia and Ethiopia,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/giraffeconservation.org\/giraffe-species\/reticulated\/\">according to<\/a>\u00a0the foundation.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Angolan giraffes, like the one seen in Namibia, live in the desert areas of that country, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/giraffeconservation.org\/programmes\/nw-namibia\/\">the foundation says.<\/a>\u00a0The spotless giraffe was seen at Mount Etjo Safari Lodge in central Namibia and photographed with its parent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>About 16,000 reticulated giraffes exist in the wild and in 2018 were listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Their population has decreased by about 50% over the last three decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>About 10,173 mature Angolan giraffes exist, according to a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/88420726\/176393590\">IUCN study<\/a> published in 2020. Their population, however, has increased over the last three decades and the IUCN says this species has the &#8220;least concern.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"0821-cbsn-social-giraffe-new1.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/08\/21\/b1f061f7-f7f2-48b0-a6a3-0a62bb70b8d7\/thumbnail\/620x349\/330ca937b9fd43f14aaf7f86dad2762a\/0821-cbsn-social-giraffe-new1.jpg?v=4e5c11166f529429e37bbcbb597e9315 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/08\/21\/b1f061f7-f7f2-48b0-a6a3-0a62bb70b8d7\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/fc77791a354e90ef75f4ec4bfc5e9517\/0821-cbsn-social-giraffe-new1.jpg?v=4e5c11166f529429e37bbcbb597e9315 2x\"><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Brights Zoo in Tennessee says it welcomed a rare spotless giraffe in July. After asking public to vote, the baby as named Kipekee, which means &#8220;unique&#8221; in Swahili.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Brights Zoo<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Still, the foundation says giraffes have gone extinct in at least seven African countries and there are only 117,000 left on the continent. That means there is one giraffe for every four elephants in Africa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are four giraffe species with different spot patterns and the spotlessness seen in the baby Angolan is likely caused by genetic mutations or a recessive genotype that creates their typical patterns, said to Dr. Julian Fennessy, cofounder and director of conservation at the foundation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe we do not always need to have explanations for everything. Why don&#8217;t we simply marvel, about the wonders of nature,&#8221; Stephanie Fennessy, the foundation&#8217;s director and cofounder, said in the news release. &#8220;Giraffe are in trouble and if we don&#8217;t act now, our grandchildren might not be able to see any giraffe in the wild when they grow up. That is what really worries me!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Before Kipekee and the spotless giraffe in Namibia, there had only been one other recording of a spotless giraffe. A giraffe\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/394796260217?chn=ps&amp;mkevt=1&amp;mkcid=28\">named Toshiko<\/a>, was born at Ueno Zoo in 1972,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alamy.com\/stock-photo\/spotless-giraffe-appeared-for-public.html?sortBy=relevant\">according to archival photos.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<h3 class=\"component__title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Trending_News\"><\/span>Trending News<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n    Caitlin O&#8217;Kane<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__image\">\n<p>        <span class=\"img \"><img alt=\"caitlin-okane.jpg \" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2020\/07\/29\/97269130-85ff-4898-8bf6-7e400cd19775\/thumbnail\/80x80\/96108a411b1ff183108c17d07942cba8\/caitlin-okane.jpg?v=4e5c11166f529429e37bbcbb597e9315 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2020\/07\/29\/97269130-85ff-4898-8bf6-7e400cd19775\/thumbnail\/160x160\/a30d7bb371819dbce1c846b521ebdfd1\/caitlin-okane.jpg?v=4e5c11166f529429e37bbcbb597e9315 2x\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Caitlin O&#8217;Kane is a digital content producer covering trending stories for CBS News and its good news brand, The Uplift.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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