The Death of Marius: A Step By Step Analysis

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By Christie Wilcox
Feb 14, 2014 10:35 PMNov 20, 2019 1:22 AM
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Marius the Giraffe (post-mortem, pre-necropsy). Photo by Peter Hove Olesen/The Associated Press A lot of internet outrage has been directed at the Copenhagen Zoo in the past week after they euthanized a young giraffe because his genes were too common. From what I've seen, there are a lot of misconceptions about what happened, and

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