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Spotless giraffe born in a Tennessee zoo
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this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2023
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I wonder if this is a reflection of the ancestral coloration of giraffes (loss/improper functioning of the genes that give them spots) or a neat individual mutation? I bet the genetics would be fun to look at