The news of the newest member of the White Post Farms family — a baby giraffe named Savanna — is drawing crowds of animal lovers willing to wait on lines that stretch around the building.
Savanna was born in August. The news of the newest member of the White Post Farms family is drawing crowds oflovers willing to wait on lines that stretch around the building to meet Savanna and her proud parents Patches and Oliver.
"We have them separated just so mommy has some time to herself with the baby and then supervised playtime after hours when daddy runs around with mommy and the baby," Brigati said. The family of three lives in the farm's new Giraffe Experience. It's an 8,000-square-foot space with heated floors, custom fencing and windows to watch who is waiting to come inside."Their patterns are like fingerprints so every one of them is different," Brigati said. "Me and Savanna share a birthday," said one girl.
Patches was pregnant for 15 months. Her labor was fast and easy. Savanna came out weighing 142 pounds. When she's fully grown, she can be up to 1,500 pounds.In just a few years, Savanna will stand as tall as her parents stand and be able to eat carrots as snacks and make new friends.
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