'Athletic and Curious' Young Giraffe Escapes from an Arizona Zoo to Get Her Own Snacks
A 3-year-old giraffe named Msituni jumped her enclosure to get a nibble of a nearby mesquite tree. Zoo officials say Msituni ...
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'Toddler giraffe' jumps out of Tucson's Reid Park Zoo enclosure to snack on mesquite tree
The 3-year-old, 12-foot-tall Msituni jumped out of her enclosure 10 minutes prior to the zoo opening for the day on March 5, 2025.
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'Athletic and Curious' Young Giraffe Escapes from an Arizona Zoo to Get Her Own Snacks
A giraffe at the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson ... However, Kluge assured reporters that her team was readily prepared. "We do a different drill pretty much every month," she shared.