Baby giraffe gets braces to fix rare leg disorder
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Msituni, a giraffe calf born with an unusual disorder that caused her legs to bend the wrong way, sits at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park on Friday, April 8, in Escondido.3/7
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Zoo veterinarians and experts in orthotics at the Hanger Clinic fitting braces to Msituni at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park on Thursday, Feb. 10, in Escondido.4/7
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Msituni, seen on Thursday, Feb. 10, in Escondido, was fitted with custom-molded carbon graphite orthotic braces by using cast moldings of the calf's legs that were crafted by Hanger Clinic at the zoo.5/7
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Msituni is seen with braces at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park on Thursday, Feb. 10, in Escondido.6/7
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Msituni is seen on Friday, Feb. 18, at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido. Using cast moldings of the giraffe's legs, a carbon graphite brace features the animal's distinct pattern of crooked spots to match her fur. In the end, Msituni only needed one brace; and the other leg corrected itself with the medical grade brace.7/7
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Msituni at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, north of San Diego, on Tuesday, March 22. Zoo staff feared she could die if they didn't immediately correct the condition, which could prevent her from nursing and walking around the habitat.
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