Meet Abu
Giraffe
"Ah-boo"
"Firstborn son" in Swahili
male
September 23, 2005
October 15, 2021
Abu was dominant and headstrong. He arrived at Zoo Atlanta in 2006. In 2010, he became the father of the first giraffe calf ever born at Zoo Atlanta, and sired a second offspring in 2011 before later becoming the dominant member of an all-male herd.
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