Baby Giraffe

- Tucson’s Reid Park Zoo is welcoming a significant new addition ... Penelope, one of Zoo’s adult female reticulated giraffes, gave birth to a calf on the afternoon of Monday, February 23, 2026
- Reticulated giraffes are endangered and the birth is part of Reid Park Zoo’s participation in the Giraffe Species Survival Plan to maintain viable populations of these animals
- The name of this new giraffe will be announced in April 2026 ... in the running:
==Mugie (pronounced “moo-ghee”) - a conservation park in Kenya where there is a population of Reticulated Giraffes
==Zawadi (pronounced “zah-wah-dee”) - Swahili name meaning “gift”
== Ndizi (pronounced “n-DEE-zee”) - Swahili for banana, since he was born on National Banana Bread Day