In honor of Marius (a giraffe at the Copenhagen zoo who was put down before his time) here are a few giraffes I spotted around Copenhagen today In the window of home furnishings store, these 5 wooden giraffes take a moment of silence for their fallen brother Vintage postcard from the Copenhagen Zoo at a bookstore This clown might have the world's worst job. That giraffe literally shit bricks ABOUT MARIUS THE GIRAFFE
It's a tough life for a young male giraffe (such as Marius). Apparently, they are so horny that the only way to stop them from inbreeding is via euthanasia. According to the zoo, they did consider castration, but that would have required sedation ... which is very tricky with giraffes. The reason being, as BBC explains: "it is a relatively high-risk procedure in the case of giraffes, as they are liable to break their necks when they fall while sedated." Oh the evolutionary irony! A long neck is both the giraffe's greatest strength and greatest weakness LINKS BBC coverage — http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26118748CNN's report — http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/10/world/europe/denmark-zoo-giraffe/ The Guardian -- http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/09/marius-giraffe-killed-copenhagen-zoo-protests *warning don't watch the video* *For the record, I'm not that broken up over the fate of Marius. I just think the zoo's actions were ridiculous and insensitive. I think the zoo acted improperly by making a spectacle out of poor species management planning
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