Margarita the giraffe just gave birth to a female calf at the
Nashville Zoo on Sunday, June 10. Just four days old, the baby
giraffe already stands 6 feet, 2 inches tall (1.9 meters) and
weighs about 160 pounds (73 kilograms). Mother and calf are
doing well and are currently off exhibit, the zoo said. Zoo
officials plan to carefully monitor the baby's development and
will make a decision on her public debut in the coming weeks.
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continues to earn its reputation as one of Earth's most active
volcanoes. Since January 1983, Kilauea has erupted continuously,
coating much of the southeast coast of Hawaii's Big Island in
fresh lava, which glows red in this satellite image. The center
of the eruption is Pu'u O'o a crater southeast of Kilauea's
summit. From here, the molten rock flows through lava tubes down
Kilauea's steep slopes. The lava emerges on the pali (a Hawaiian
word for cliff) and on the coastal plain, further down the
mountainside. [Full Story: Hawai