Giraffe up. The calf emerges head and front legs first, having broken through the fetal membranes, and falls to the ground, severing the umbilical cord. The mother then grooms the newborn and helps it stand up. A newborn giraffe is tall. Within a few hours of birth, the calf can run around and is almost indistinguishable from a one-week-old. However, for the first 1–3 weeks, it spends most of its time hiding; its coat pattern providing camouflage. The ossicones, which have lain flat while it was in the womb, become erect within a few days. Mothers with calves will gather in
Sophie the Giraffe from the magazine's website. This injunction was lifted in January 2012. The "Chemische und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Stuttgart" (CVUA) reproduced "Öko-Test"s claims resulting in the German Technischer Überwachungsverein (TÜV) safety agency pressing charges against Vulli, and "Öko-Test" restored the online report to their web site. Vulli responded by recalling Sophie the Giraffe and similar products from German retailers, and offering to exchange it with one produced on or after March 2012, which Vulli says adhere to the stricter German limit. Sophie the Giraffe Sophie the Giraffe is a teether – a toy for teething infants to chew on – in the form