The giraffe, which is native to east Africa and was described as 'guiding' other giraffes when they were brought to the zoo, outlived its usual life expectancy by over five years.
One of the oldest giraffes under human care has died at the age of 31 in a Texas zoo.
Twiga, a Masai giraffe native to east Africa, died over the weekend at the Ellen Trout Zoo in Lufkin, in the east of theHad Twiga made it to her next birthday in three months' time, she would have been among the likes of Ursula, who died at the age of 32 in anTwiga was born at Los Angeles Zoo, then moved to another in Wisconsin before entering Ellen Trout's gates in 2008.
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