Memphis Zoo Welcomes Second New Baby Giraffe in Less Than One Week!

Memphis Zoo Welcomes Second New Baby Giraffe in Less Than One Week~ Wendy, a Memphis Zoo giraffe gave birth recently to a boy calf and his is name is Kiburi, which means precocious in Swahili. Within the same week, the zoo’s 12-year-old giraffe Angela Kate gave birth her baby giraffe on April 9, 2019. These births bring the Memphis Zoo’s reticulated giraffe herd to 11. Reticulated giraffes are considered endangered, with only 11,000 remaining in the wild and a population that is declining. Memphis Zoo, located in Memphis, Tennessee, is home to more than 4,500 animals representing more than 500 different species.

Here you can see as the newest baby was introduced to his daddy Nikalaus gets to meet his babies.

I also happened to catch Giraffe vocalizations from the baby. It was the first time I had heard that. You can hear it too in this video.

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Below you will find shorter video of just the baby giraffe vocalizations.

UPDATE FROM THE ZOO APRIL 25th, 2019-

“We’ve had a lot of questions about our most recent baby giraffe Ali, born just days after our boy Kiburi joined the herd earlier this month. Ali’s had quite the journey over the last few weeks, but we are happy to say she is back at Memphis Zoo on stall rest.” ~The Memphis Zoo

https://www.memphiszoo.org/blog/posts/alis-journey

Memphis Uke-N-Roll Jamboree April 23-26, 2020 (SAVE THE DATE!!)

Each Tuesday the Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob meets at Central BBQ on Summer Ave. in Memphis . The weekly sing along is led by Pete McCarty (AKA Petey Mack) About 100 people of all ages show up with ukuleles and kazoos in hand to play and sing together. The all volunteer Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob also plays on occasion for the elderly, for sick children and even at some area Farmers Markets and festivals.

Memphis has a very rich music history and is the perfect place to hold a ukulele festival.

It was recently announced that the Memphis Uke-N-Roll Jamboree, a ukulele festival in Memphis, is being planned for April 23-26 2020. Save the date, more information is coming. YA’LL COME- https://memphisukenroll.com/

You’ve never been to a ukulele festival? Well click the VIDEO ABOVE to get an idea of what goes on. This video is from the Brown County Ukulele Festival in Brown County Indiana.

For more on the Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob see

http://www.karenpulferfocht.com/blog/stjudemarathon2018
http://www.karenpulferfocht.com/blog/memphisukuleleflashmob

FOR MORE ABOUT MEMPHIS SEE:

https://www.travelchannel.com/destinations/north-america/us/tn/memphis/why-memphis-is-the-hottest-southern-destination-of-2019--?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=January_Social&utm_content=TravelChannel_MemphisHotSouthernCity

https://www.memphistravel.com/

Frommer’s recently named Memphis a must see detination https://www.frommers.com/destinations/memphis

National Geographic named Memphis one of the top destinations in the world. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/north-america/united-states/tennessee/memphis/

Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob Entertains the Runners for St. Jude Marathon 2018

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The Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob entertained participants in the St. Jude Marathon on Sat. December 1st, 2018.

“The St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend is the single largest one-day fundraising event for St. Jude. Every race course passes through the campus of St. Jude, one of the world's premier pediatric cancer research centers.”

“St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, founded in 1962, is a pediatric treatment and research facility focused on children's catastrophic diseases, particularly leukemia and other cancers. The hospital costs about $2.4 million a day to run, and there is no cost to the patient to be treated.” St. Jude Website

More about St. Jude @ https://www.stjude.org/

https://www.dailymemphian.com/article/1605/GALLERY-After-weather-delay-sun-shines-on-St-Jude-Memphis-Marathon-day

Previous Marathon post-

http://www.karenpulferfocht.com/blog/stjudemarathon2017

More about the Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob can be found on facebook @ Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob.

Holiday Wonders at the Garden for 2018.

Holiday Wonders at the Garden opens Friday, November 23rd and runs (select nights) through December 30th.

Big weekend in Memphis Basketball for Grizzlies and Tigers

Jackson, Gasol lead Grizzlies past Kings 112-104

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/wizards/jackson-gasol-lead-grizzlies-past-kings-112-104/2018/11/16/8d3e7036-ea1d-11e8-8449-1ff263609a31_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.adc01acd0cb1

MEMPHIS TIGERS BEAT YALE BULLDOGS IN OVERTIME

“What I did was, I prayed to God before I shot every free throw,” Harris said. “He came through for me.” From Geoff Calkins story- Daily Memphian

https://www.dailymemphian.com/section/sportsgeoff-calkins/article/1360/Calkins-Memphis-shows-its-guts-in-thrilling-double-overtime-win-over-Yale