N.Y. zoo names giraffe calf Tajiri for 'hope' but means 'rich

Tajiri was picked as the winner of a naming contest for a baby giraffe whose long anticipated birth, hooves first, was watched online last month by millions tuning into his mother April's pen at Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, New York. Zoo owner Jordan Patch, announcing the name on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday, said the Swahili word was chosen for its forward-looking meaning when translated into English. "Tajiri is a word in Swahili that means hope," Patch said, as he fed carrots to April while Tajiri looked on.
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