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Japan's five-foot-tall baby

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An 11-day-old newborn giraffe calf stands beside his mother, Mimi, in their enclosure at Himeji Central Park in Himeji, Japan, Oct. 16, 2013.

The baby giraffe was born Oct. 5, 2013 and stands over five-and-a-half feet tall.

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An 11-day-old newborn giraffe calf stands beside his mother, Mimi, in their enclosure at Himeji Central Park in Himeji, Japan, Oct. 16, 2013.

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An 11-day-old newborn giraffe calf stands beside his mother, Mimi, in their enclosure at Himeji Central Park in Himeji, Japan, Oct. 16, 2013.

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An 11-day-old newborn giraffe calf stands beside his mother, Mimi, in their enclosure at Himeji Central Park in Himeji, Japan, Oct. 16, 2013.

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An 11-day-old newborn giraffe calf stands beside his mother, Mimi, in their enclosure at Himeji Central Park in Himeji, Japan, Oct. 16, 2013.

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An 11-day-old newborn giraffe calf stands beside his mother, Mimi, in their enclosure at Himeji Central Park in Himeji, Japan, Oct. 16, 2013.

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An 11-day-old newborn giraffe calf stands beside his mother, Mimi, in their enclosure at Himeji Central Park in Himeji, Japan, Oct. 16, 2013.

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An 11-day-old newborn giraffe calf stands beside his mother, Mimi, in their enclosure at Himeji Central Park in Himeji, Japan, Oct. 16, 2013.

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An 11-day-old newborn giraffe calf stands beside his mother, Mimi, in their enclosure at Himeji Central Park in Himeji, Japan, Oct. 16, 2013.

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An 11-day-old newborn giraffe calf stands beside his mother, Mimi, in their enclosure at Himeji Central Park in Himeji, Japan, Oct. 16, 2013.

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An 11-day-old newborn giraffe calf suckles his mother, Mimi, in their enclosure at Himeji Central Park in Himeji, Japan, Oct. 16, 2013.

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Buddhika Weerasinghe
An 11-day-old newborn giraffe calf stands beside his mother, Mimi, in their enclosure at Himeji Central Park in Himeji, Japan, Oct. 16, 2013.

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Buddhika Weerasinghe
An 11-day-old newborn giraffe calf stands beside his mother, Mimi, in their enclosure at Himeji Central Park in Himeji, Japan, Oct. 16, 2013.

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Buddhika Weerasinghe
An 11-day-old newborn giraffe calf stands beside his mother, Mimi, in their enclosure at Himeji Central Park in Himeji, Japan, Oct. 16, 2013.
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