A baby giraffe born with a leg abnormality has been fitted with special leg braces(支架) to help her walk.
The giraffe is named Msituni. She1from a condition called carpal hypertension(腕骨高血压). It 2the young animal's front legs, which was especially3to a giraffe. The abnormality was putting a lot of4on her joints and bones. Zoo workers5that she could die if they did not quickly correct the6.This is because it could7the giraffe from getting food and from being able to walk around.
Zoo officials8experts to treat the giraffe. The medical team had a lot of9. fitting people with braces to correct leg problems. But they had10treated an animal before. Ara Mirzaian was a member of the medical team. He found the situation strange and11went online to start learning as much as possible about giraffes.
The team12models of the giraffe's legs. It took the team about a week to13the braces, which were made of a14called carbon graphite(碳石墨). After 10 days in the special brace, the problem was15. In total, Msituni was in braces for 39 days from the day she was born. She16in the animal hospital the whole time.
Mirzaian said he planned to17a picture in his office of the baby giraffe wearing her special brace so that the children he treats might be18 to wear their own braces. "It was the19thing to see an animal like that walk in a brace," he said. "It feels20to know we saved a giraffe's life."
