In some instances, the mom can't care for her baby and keepers must step in and be the caregiver.

How this important step presents a unique challenge to zookeepers.

Meet all the members of the herd.

Learn the difference between Reticulated and Rothschilds giraffes.

Learn all about how giraffe calves are born and reared.

See what tricks animal handlers have to employ to get baby giraffes to cooperate sometimes.

Giraffes on average are six feet at birth, but this little guy measured in a little shorter than usual.

Go behind the scenes of the giraffe exhibit at the San Diego Zoo for some facts that will change how you look at these giant, beautiful animals.

See how the rest of the herd interacts with the pair.

Keepers at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are bottle-feeding giraffe calves.

It's a big day of discovery.

Meet all the members of the herd.

Researchers are satellite-tracking reticulated giraffes in northern Kenya, a species found nowhere else in the world. Only about 8,500 live in the wild.

In the animal kingdom, one species stands head and shoulders above the rest. Learn all about the tallest land animals in the world.

See what tricks zookeepers employ to keep a giraffe calf focused on his bottle.

Go behind the scenes of the giraffe exhibit at the San Diego Zoo for some facts that will change how you look at these giant, beautiful animals.

This species of giraffe is only found in northern Kenya, so tracking them is important for conservation efforts.

Watch the little guy explore the exhibit, meeting the other members of the herd.

In some instances, the mom can't care for her baby and keepers must step in and be the caregiver.

Watch all the creative ways keepers sneak medicine to animals at Utah's Hogle Zoo.

Watch the little guy explore the exhibit, meeting the other members of the herd.

In some instances, the mom can't care for her baby and keepers must step in and be the caregiver.

The blanket simulates going under the belly of his mother.

Getting a glimpse of the newborn giraffe calf understandably brought big crowds.