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The Rothschild giraffe is one of the most threatened of the nine sub-species of giraffe. Rothschild male giraffes grow to six metres in height and can weigh more than 2,000kg. Fewer than 670 remain in the wild according to the Rothschild Giraffe Project and the Giraffe Conservation Foundation.


[NOTE: Harry the male gorilla died at the age of 29 about a year ago]

African Plains is an Africa-themed area that covers 13 hectares and was opened in 2001. The main exhibit in African Plains is the "African Savanna", which houses ostriches, scimitar-horned oryx, white rhinoceros, giraffes and common zebras, all of which share a large, outdoor paddock.

Gorilla Rainforest, an exhibit opened in 2012, houses a troop of western lowland gorillas: a silverback male named Harry, two adult females named Lena and Mayani, and two young gorillas named Kituba (the son of Lena) and Kambiri (the daughter of Mayani), both of which were born in 2011.

Other animals displayed in the African Plains area include common chimpanzees, African wild dogs, hippopotamus, sooty mangabeys, African spurred tortoises, Abyssinian ground hornbills, okapis and eastern bongo. The area also features an Africa-themed restaurant (named the Nakuru restaurant) and gift shop. The last African lion living in the zoo died in 2012, so the zoo later received two female and one male Asian lions. A baby scimitar horned oryx was born in December 2016.
Date Taken on 23 May 2017, 14:53
Source GIRAFFES AT DUBLIN ZOO [AFRICAN PLAINS SECTION]-128906
Author William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland

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