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xtruss · 9 months
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A Spotless Giraffe, Pictured in Namibia 🇳🇦, was seen and photographed for the first time in the wild just weeks after another animal with this type of coloring was born at a U.S. 🇺🇸 Zoo. Photograph By Eckart Demasius and Giraffe Conservation Foundation
Another Rare Spotless Giraffe Found—the First Ever Seen in the Wild
The sighting occurred just weeks after the unusual condition was seen in a newborn giraffe at a Tennessee zoo. Is it more common than scientists thought?
— By Dina Fine Maron | September 12, 2023
Just weeks after a giraffe at a U.S. Zoo was born missing its characteristic spots, another spotless giraffe calf has now been seen and photographed in the wild for the first time.
The unprecedented sighting occurred at Mount Etjo Safari Lodge, a private game reserve in central Namibia. Tour guide Eckart Demasius saw and photographed the solid-brown calf during a game drive on the roughly 90,000-acre reserve, according to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation. Demasius, who was not immediately available for comment, shared his photos with the giraffe nonprofit.
Sara Ferguson, a wildlife veterinarian and conservation health coordinator at the foundation, says the two recent spotless sightings are pure coincidence and that there’s no data to suggest this coloring is occurring more frequently than it had in the past.
This finding is just another example of “the weird way the world works” she says, adding that she’s “so amazed and pleased there is so much more to learn and discover about giraffe.”
Genetic Anomalies
The spotless reticulated giraffe born at Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tennessee, earlier this summer was recently named Kipekee, which means “Unique” in Swahili. The recent wild sighting occurred in another giraffe subspecies found in southern Africa, the Angolan giraffe.
Before these recent births, a giraffe with all-brown coloring was last seen at a Tokyo Zoo in 1972.
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The spotless giraffe and its mother were photographed on a reserve with around 800 giraffes in central Namibia 🇳🇦. Photograph By Eckart Demasius and Giraffe Conservation Foundation
Scientists, including Ferguson, believe the solid coloring is likely due to one or more genetic mutations that haven’t yet been identified.
Some aspects of giraffe spots are passed down from mother to calf, according to a 2018 study in the Journal Peer J, and larger, rounder spots appear to be linked to higher survival rates for younger giraffes, but the reasons for that remain unclear.
Derek Lee, a Biology Professor at Penn State University and a co-author on the PeerJ Study, says that technically these two recent examples are not spotless animals, but instead —"one-spot-all-over giraffes."
It’s impossible to say what this genetic anomaly means for the animal’s health, he says, but there’s no evidence the color difference puts the animal at a disadvantage.
“We have a sample size here of one, so time will tell what happens.”
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I AM SURE YOU HAVE ALL SEEN THIS ALREADY RIGHT?
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The little newborn giraffe that doesn't have any spots. A one of a kind miracle baby. You know what it's name is?
It doesn't have one yet. You have to vote between 4 choices on their Facebook page
So what name should win??
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in-sufficientdata · 9 months
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“Giraffe experts believe she is the only solid-colored reticulated giraffe living anywhere on the planet,” Brights Zoo stated in a release.
Zoo leaders say there are records of another giraffe without spots being born in Japan in the 1970s.
“From day one we’ve been in contact with zoo professionals all over the country,” said Brights Zoo director, David Bright. “And especially the old timers, that have been around for a long time, ‘Hey, have you seen this? What’s your thoughts?’ And nobody’s seen it.”
Bright’s Zoo is asking for the public’s help in narrowing down the four chosen names for the unnamed baby giraffe.
Kipekee – Unique
Firyali – Unusual or Extradonary
Shakiri – She is most beautiful
Jamella – One of great beauty
David Bright said the names will be up on the zoo’s Facebook page Tuesday. Voting will last for two weeks.
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The spotless giraffe, born at a Tennessee zoo, is the first one seen in more than 50 years.
By Dina Fine Maron
24 August 2023
Just a few weeks old and still without a name, a newborn giraffe at a zoo in northeastern Tennessee could rightly be nicknamed “spotless.”
The female giraffe born without its characteristic spots instead boasts a solid brown coat, a phenomenon that hasn’t been observed in any giraffe for more than 50 years.
She was born last month at Brights Zoo, a family-owned facility in Limestone, Tennessee.
A spotless giraffe was last reported at a Tokyo zoo in 1972.
“The spotless giraffe calf is certainly an interesting case and that type of coloring has never been seen in the wild," says Sara Ferguson, a wildlife veterinarian and conservation health coordinator at the Giraffe Conservation Foundation.
The animal’s rare coloring is likely due to some sort of mutation in one or more genes, she says.
But there’s no indication of underlying medical issues or that the newborn reticulated giraffe — a subspecies native to eastern Africa — is at a genetic disadvantage.
David Bright, zoo director at the Brights Zoo, says that the baby’s nine-year-old mother, Shenna, had previously birthed three other calves and the trio were all spotted.
This latest addition to the zoo’s giraffe family was born at a weight of around 190 pounds, he says, and her veterinary care team concluded “she’s healthy and normal” — though her coloring was a surprise.
A case of spotlessness
Genetics often influence animal coloring in diverse ways.
Giraffes with all white coloring have previously been spotted in the wild, including two at a reserve in Kenya in 2017.
Those animals had a genetic condition called leucism, which blocks skin cells from producing pigments.
"There’s no known explanation for the spotless giraffe in Tennessee beyond that it’s almost certainly due to some kind of genetic mutation or mutations," says Fred Bercovitch, a wildlife conservation biologist at the Anne Innis Dagg Foundation, a nonprofit that focuses on giraffe conservation.
The last known case of a spotless giraffe was an animal named Toshiko born in 1972 at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Japan, CBS News reported.
That giraffe’s mother had birthed another spotless calf several years earlier, according to Bright.
The Brights Zoo, which is home to just over 700 animals of 126 different species, including nine giraffes, asked the public to vote on four potential names for the giraffe calf on its Facebook page.
It accrued over 17,000 votes in the first day, Bright says.
There are four candidate names, all in Swahili: Kipekee (unique), Firyali (extraordinary or unusual), Shakiri (she is most beautiful), and Jamelia (one of great beauty).
What’s in a spot?
A 2018 study published in the journal PeerJ found that certain aspects of giraffe spots are passed down from mother to calf, such as how round the spots are and their smoothness (which is technically referred to as “tortuousness”).
The study authors also noted that bigger, rounder spots seemed linked to higher survival rates for young giraffes.
Still unanswered, however, was if that was possibly due to better camouflage or other unknown factors like enhanced ability to regulate temperature.
Bercovitch, who wasn’t involved in that study, says he wouldn’t be concerned about the spotless giraffe’s health even if the giraffe was born in the wild and away from a zoo’s medical care.
“Among mammals, the fur and the hair are the primary features that assist in thermoregulation, not the color of the fur,” he says.
“Giraffes can regularly raise their body temperature by a few degrees … they don’t sweat,” he says.
“That’s one of the reasons you find giraffes under trees—they want to keep their body temperatures within certain limits.”
Even the lack of camouflage wouldn’t necessarily mean the giraffe would be at a disadvantage in the wild, he says, since the mortality rate for young giraffes from lion predation is already so high.
Ferguson, the wildlife veterinarian says she looks forward to hearing more about the giraffe in the years to come.
“What would be cool,” she says, “would be to take an infrared light photo or a thermograph of her to see if the spot pattern is still there but invisible to our eye.”
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considerourknowledge · 9 months
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Spotless Giraffe's Mother Has Some Explaining To Do
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The rare baby giraffe that was born at the Brights Zoo in Tennessee without any spots and has taken the world by storm now has a name: Kipekee. The moniker, which means "unique" in Swahili, was revealed Tuesday morning on the Today show. According to the zoo, giraffe experts believe Kipekee is the only solid-color reticulated giraffe living anywhere in the world, which begs the question how could this happen? Kipekee's mother surely has some explaining to do since Kipekee's father has spots, and she was seen hanging around and possibly flirting with several unspotted animals at the zoo, including a llama named Stig, a bear named Jumbo, and two lions. "We're not saying that Kipekee's mother is a tramp who doesn't know who her baby's real father is, but we're not not saying that either," zoo director, David Bright.
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noneofthisisreal · 9 months
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For the naming contest, the zoo has narrowed it down to four names:
Kipekee - Unique
Firyali - Unusual or extradonary
Shakiri - She is most beautiful
Jamella - One of great beauty
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joegraphicstz · 4 years
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     Scientists from Mibelle BioChemistry have found that a novel extract derived from the stem cells of a rare apple tree cultivated for its extraordinary longevity shows tremendous ability to rejuvenate aging skin. By stimulating aging skin stem cells, this plant extract has been shown to lessen the appearance of unsightly wrinkles. Clinical trials show that this unique formulation increases the longevity of skin cells, resulting in skin that has a more youthful and radiant appearance.
     Wanasayansi kutoka Mibelle BioChemistry wamegundua kwamba dondoo ya riwaya inayotokana na seli za shina za mmea wa rasilimali ambazo hupandwa kwa muda mrefu wa ajabu huonyesha uwezo mkubwa wa kuimarisha ngozi ya kuzeeka. Kwa kusisimua seli za ngozi za kuzeeka, dondoo hili la mimea limeonyeshwa kupunguza uharibifu wa kasoro zisizoeleweka. Majaribio ya kliniki yanaonyesha kuwa uundaji huu wa kipekee huongeza maisha wa seli za ngozi kuwa ya muda mrefu, na kusababisha ngozi ambayo inaonekana zaidi ya kijana na ya kuvutia.
​Stem cells are the type of cells that are unspecified within the body. This means that they can become anything in the body. The main characteristic of stem cells is their ability to remain healthy and divide (multiply) while maintaining the potential to develop into other types of cells. In the body stem cells can become any cell within the body when needed by the body. These cells are capable of turning into cells of the intestine, skin, bone, blood, muscle, heart, brain etc.
     An increase in the number of stem cells in the body will lead to an enhancement in the functioning of the organs of the body by replacing and rejuvenating them.
     Stem cells can treat a wide range of diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, leukemia, stroke, heart attack, diabetes, down syndrome, cancer, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, spinal cord paralysis and others…
     Seli za shina ni aina ya seli zinazojulikana ndani ya mwili. Seli hizi zinauwezo wa kusaidia sehemu yeyote katika mwili kwa sababu yanatabia ya kugawanyika na kwenda sehemu ya matatizo. Hii ina maana kwamba yanaweza kuwa chochote katika mwili. Tabia kuu ya seli za shina ni uwezo wao wa kutunza afya na kugawanya (kuzidisha) huku kuwa na uwezekano wa kuendeleza kuwa aina nyingine za seli. Hii ina maana kwamba yanaweza kuwa chochote katika mwili. Katika seli za mwili zinaweza kuwa seli yoyote ndani ya mwili wakati inahitajika na mwili. Seli hizi zina uwezo wa kugeuka kuwa seli za tumbo, ngozi, mfupa, damu, misuli, moyo, ubongo nk.    
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xtruss · 9 months
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Extremely Rare Spotless Giraffe Born in U.S. Zoo! This Phenomenon Has Never Been Observed in the Wild, a Sign of its Scarcity.
— By Dina Fine Maron | August 23, 2023
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A reticulated Giraffe was born without spots at Brights Zoo in Northeastern Tennessee at the end of July. The Zoo is asking the public to cast their vote on what to name her. Tony Bright/Brights Zoo via AP. The spotless giraffe is ​the first one seen in more than 50 years.
Just a few weeks old and still without a name, a newborn giraffe at a zoo in northeastern Tennessee could rightly be nicknamed “spotless.”
The female giraffe born without its characteristic spots instead boasts a solid brown coat, a phenomenon that hasn’t been observed in any giraffe for more than 50 years. She was born last month at Brights Zoo, a family-owned facility in Limestone, Tennessee. A spotless giraffe was last reported at a Tokyo zoo in 1972.
“The spotless giraffe calf is certainly an interesting case,” and that type of coloring has never been seen in the wild, says Sara Ferguson, a wildlife veterinarian and conservation health coordinator at the Giraffe Conservation Foundation.
The animal’s rare coloring is likely due to some sort of mutation in one or more genes, she says. But there’s no indication of underlying medical issues or that the newborn reticulated giraffe—a subspecies native to eastern Africa—is at a genetic disadvantage.
David Bright, zoo director at the Brights Zoo, says that the baby’s nine-year-old mother, Shenna, had previously birthed three other calves and the trio were all spotted. This latest addition to the zoo’s giraffe family was born at a weight of around 190 pounds, he says, and her veterinary care team concluded “she’s healthy and normal”—though her coloring was a surprise.
A Case of Spotlessness
Genetics often influence animal coloring in diverse ways. Giraffes with all white coloring have previously been spotted in the wild, including two at a reserve in Kenya in 2017. Those animals had a genetic condition called leucism, which blocks skin cells from producing pigments.
There’s no known explanation for the spotless giraffe in Tennessee beyond that it’s almost certainly due to some kind of genetic mutation or mutations, says Fred Bercovitch, a wildlife conservation biologist at the Anne Innis Dagg Foundation, a nonprofit that focuses on giraffe conservation.
The last known case of a spotless giraffe was an animal named Toshiko born in 1972 at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Japan, CBS News reported. That giraffe’s mother had birthed another spotless calf several years earlier, according to Bright.
The Brights Zoo, which is home to just over 700 animals of 126 different species, including nine giraffes, asked the public to vote on four potential names for the giraffe calf on its Facebook page, and it accrued over 17,000 votes in the first day, Bright says. There are four candidate names, all in Swahili: Kipekee (unique), Firyali (extraordinary or unusual), Shakiri (she is most beautiful), and Jamelia (one of great beauty).
What’s in a Spot?
A 2018 study published in the journal PeerJ found that certain aspects of giraffe spots are passed down from mother to calf, such as how round the spots are and their smoothness (which is technically referred to as “tortuousness”). The study authors also noted that bigger, rounder spots seemed linked to higher survival rates for young giraffes. Still unanswered, however, was if that was possibly due to better camouflage or other unknown factors like enhanced ability to regulate temperature.
Bercovitch, who wasn’t involved in that study, says he wouldn’t be concerned about the spotless giraffe’s health even if the giraffe was born in the wild and away from a zoo’s medical care.
“Among mammals the fur and the hair are the primary features that assist in thermoregulation, not the color of the fur,” he says. “Giraffes can regularly raise their body temperature by a few degrees … they don’t sweat,” he says. “That’s one of the reasons you find giraffes under trees—they want to keep their body temperatures within certain limits.”
Even the lack of camouflage wouldn’t necessarily mean the giraffe would be at a disadvantage in the wild, he says, since the mortality rate for young giraffes from lion predation is already so high.
Ferguson, the wildlife veterinarian says she looks forward to hearing more about the giraffe in the years to come. “What would be cool,” she says, “would be to take an infrared light photo or a thermograph of her to see if the spot pattern is still there but invisible to our eye.”
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