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Eugene the baby giraffe \u2013 Toledo Zoo & Aquarium in Ohio<\/p>\n Eugene the baby giraffe \u2013 Toledo Zoo & Aquarium in Ohio<\/p>\n
A four-week-old baby giraffe is becoming a social media sensation, thanks to his remarkable tuft of hair.<\/p>\n
His new name, Eugene, chosen from public suggestions, has proven to be a perfect fit for the young giraffe\u2019s charming personality.<\/p>\n
The Toledo Zoo & Aquarium in Ohio welcomed the calf, weighing 130 lbs, on January 17 when he joined the herd of seven other giraffes.<\/p>\n
Fans have fallen in love with Eugene\u2019s distinctive tuft of hair, reported the staff.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s got his little tuft of hair on top of his head,\u201d said Jennifer Brassil from the zoo.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe public is just loving him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Visitors can currently spot Eugene and his coif indoors, but he will make his outdoor debut this spring as temperatures rise.<\/p>\n
(See the video at the bottom\u2026)<\/p>\n
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Toledo Zoo & Aquarium in Ohio<\/p>\n
\u201cTypically, our giraffes don\u2019t go out into the Africa exhibit until the weather reaches somewhere around 50 degrees.\u201d<\/p>\n
GIRAFFE GEMS: Eugene was born to parents Lily and Rocket\u2014and it\u2019s Lily\u2019s first calf.<\/p>\n \u201cSince he was introduced to the rest of the giraffe herd, everybody has been getting along well and they\u2019re really interested in him\u2014and he\u2019s interested in them.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s growing into his own personality, too.\u201d<\/p>\n Eugene\u2019s signature hair-do has made him an instant social media favorite, but having a quirky name like Eugene has added to the charm.<\/p>\n \u201cIt really does seem to fit his personality,\u201d says Brassil, who is watching the newborn really \u201cgrow into\u201d his name every day.<\/p>\n WATCH the video below\u2026<\/p>\n SHARE THE CUTENESS With Friends on Social Media\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eugene the baby giraffe \u2013 Toledo Zoo & Aquarium in Ohio A four-week-old baby giraffe is becoming a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[2851,5122,9348,90,56,54,55,4407,36085],"class_list":["post-441178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-cute","tag-ohio","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife","tag-zoos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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