An exudate is any fluid that filters from the circulatory system into lesions or areas of inflammation. It can be a pus-like or clear fluid. When an injury occurs, leaving skin exposed, it leaks out of the blood vessels and into nearby tissues. The fluid is composed of serum, fibrin, and white blood cells. Exudate may ooze from cuts or from areas of infection or inflammation.
Remarkably, the calf is rarely injured by its fall. Newborn giraffes are often on their feet within 20 minutes and are soon feeding on their mothers milk. Calves can walk about an hour after birth and can run within 24 hours of birth. Giraffe calves are about 2 metres (6 feet) tall at birth and weigh 104 â 154 pounds.
She will kick to protect her baby and unlike almost all other animals she uses her front legs to kick and is capable of kicking sideways. The giraffe's kick is powerful enough to crush a lions skull or break its back. The baby giraffe is around six feet tall at birth and will weigh around 150 pounds. She is very protective of her baby and both are healthy so we do not want to put either one under additional stress by trying to mesure or weigh the baby. This is the third baby giraffe we have had here on the ranch. It is this mothers first. The photo in the lower right corner below here is of the baby giraffe, its mother and the father. If all photo do not load, click on your Refresh or Reload button on your browser.