Ruby The Giraffe Born At England's Marwell Zoo (VIDEO)

In front of an audience of roughly 60 people, baby Ruby entered the world at England's Marwell Zoo. The baby giraffe is the first to be born to Irsula, the zoo's resident giraffe.

The zoo is celebrating it's 40th year, and Ruby's name was chosen to reflect the stone signifying the anniversary.

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Comments

[dspcowb]

05:51 PM on 03/03/2012

The slide show of animals from Marwell Zoo in England to Tokyo Zoo are just some of the cutest slides I've ever viewed. I'm going to keep these in Bookmark. I want to share them with my darling companion. The mere fact that the animals are babies makes certain there's enough cuteness there to make the most hardened of us go, "Awwwww." The Baby Hippo really stands out. Because of the glossiness of the water and how its shiny newborn skin it looks like a small alien from an aquatic world. Who knew such an animal was ever cute in its lifetime?

[rav1267]

02:25 AM on 03/03/2012

Isn't mother nature beautiful

[karen lyons kalmenson]

07:37 AM on 02/26/2012

welcome to the world
little ruby long neck
hope one day you
run free
away from manunkind
and his dreck

[karen lyons kalmenson]

07:40 AM on 02/26/2012

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[David Daisy May Boldock]

07:53 AM on 02/26/2012

Very sweet :-)

[karen lyons kalmenson]

08:03 AM on 02/26/2012

thank you♥☻

[Karama]

05:15 PM on 02/25/2012

I saw Ruby on TV, and I'm back here having another look. She is gorgeous!

[rosasturtles1]

04:14 PM on 02/25/2012

how beautiful..such large animals should not live in cages, but free..any wild animal..i hate zoo's

[arabianway]

01:21 PM on 02/25/2012

In front of an audience of sixty this beautiful being entered the world. Didn't this stress the mother? As a captive she had no choice of course. Now, no doubt interventions of all kinds will be undertaken in the utterly misguided belief that humans know best, always.

[endlessflowers]

10:18 PM on 02/24/2012

Animals shouldn't have to live in such tight quarters trapped away in captivity. Animals were meant to live free in the wild.

[kay628]

09:20 AM on 02/25/2012

So true! So sad that our species has decided to cage creation!

[Mister J G Reeder]

01:00 PM on 02/25/2012

endlessflowers: So are we but we are not allowed to either.

[larmarch5]

08:03 PM on 02/24/2012

Oakland ca zoo Maggie was born a month ago. Saw her two weeks ago. So special.

[Uhgg]

08:00 PM on 02/24/2012

cute

[Hunter]

07:49 PM on 02/24/2012

Get a hair cut!

[Candide33]

07:46 PM on 02/24/2012

Almost too cute to be real.

[agentgirl]

07:32 PM on 02/24/2012

adorbs. Look out those eyes.

[ArChiMi]

07:28 PM on 02/24/2012

Totally kissable.

[Parade Keegan]

07:14 PM on 02/24/2012

Little Ruby looks scared! Awww.

[flindbergconsult]

07:11 PM on 02/24/2012

now that is cute