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Veterinarians and animal nature park Terra Natura Murcia have initiated a genetic study with a group of male giraffes (Giraffa camaleopardalis) who lives in the grasslands of the complex to determine their genetic compatibility with other female French Zoo and Port Saint La Palmyre pere, and thus obtain the captive breeding of this species in the near future.
After the results for six months in the first extraction of hair samples of three males who make up the largest herd of giraffes in the Region of Murcia were not conclusive, it was decided to repeat the genetic test and conduct a second test to clarify the compatibility of the animals.
The samples collected have been sent to France for analysis, there have been two giraffes weigh about 1,000 kilos and are about five meters, and another copy youngest of three years of age reaching four meters high.
If the data of the study are favorable, there will be an exchange between both complexes zoos for a female from France arrives at Terra Natura Murcia facilities for breeding purposes.
These animals, which often live in eastern and southern Africa, can expect to live to 25 years and are visually indistinguishable from the distribution of spots on the skin.
Interestingly, this species sleeps little, just two hours a day, and in very short periods of five to seven minutes.
Source: Agencias
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