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Wilma the “Ost-Raffe” 3/21/24

@Osedax She does indeed think she is a giraffe, according to multiple keepers there! Wilma had to have a wing amputated as a chick. Then, after she had recovered enough to be on exhibit, they put her in with the giraffes and she not only was inseparable with them for many years, but also, she tries to act like a giraffe as that is who she was raised by, and she has longer legs and a longer neck than normal ostriches which gives a giraffe-vibe so all that is why the keepers there called her the "Ost-Raffe".
 

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