Tennessee zoo says it has welcomed a rare spotless giraffe - eviltoast
The spotless giraffe was born at Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tennessee, which is holding a naming contest.

A zoo in Tennessee says it has welcomed a rare giraffe that does not have any spots. The spotless giraffe was born at Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tennessee, on July 31 and the zoo says experts believe she is the only solid-colored reticulated giraffe on the planet.

  • Metaright@kbin.social
    15·
    1 year ago

    Does this confirm that giraffes are brown with yellow lines, rather than yellow with brown spots? This could be huge for the giraffe community.

      • ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        It’s this actually. Just like a tiger or leopard or any other uniformly multicolored mammals. It’s a mutation of a gene that’s supposed to tell the cells to stop being that color at certain points.