Astonishing moment endangered baby giraffe is born - PHOTO+VIDEO

The baby girl was born at the Devon zoo on Saturday afternoon, and already stands more than six foot tall and was on her feet within hours.Mother Sangha gave birth during the day which is unusual for a giraffe, but also allowed her keepers to record it.The girl's father is 10-year-old Yoda, who arrived in Devon from Givskud Zoo, Denmark in September 2006, while mother Sangha came from Liberec Zoo in Slovakia.The gestation period for the species is between 14 and 16 months, after which they give birth standing up in order to break the umbilical chord.The breeding pair did produce one other calf, a male, which was born in August last year but died shortly afterwards.The zoo’s other female is Janica, who came from Duvr Kralove Zoo in the Czech Republic. They used to be common across Sudan, Kenya and Uganda, but now they are the most endangered of all giraffe species.With just 670 left in the wild, it makes them rarer than Giant Pandas, of which there are thought to be 1,600 left.There are thought to be about 450 in captivity, and efforts in 2011 to re-introduce individuals back into the Lake Baringo area in Kenya have proved successful.(dailymail.co.uk)ANN.Az