# Unbearably Cute Baby Gerenuk born in Denver Zoo **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbearably-cute-baby-gerenuk-born-in-denver-zoo/653670 "2013-03-22T18:57:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbearably-cute-baby-gerenuk-born-in-denver-zoo/653670/1 "2013-03-22T18:57:53Z")
So cute it’ll make your head explode: > **[Yahoo News: Latest and Breaking News, Headlines, Live Updates, and More](https://news.yahoo.com/)** > > The latest news and headlines from Yahoo News. Get breaking news stories and in-depth coverage with videos and photos. > [@](#): > > The Denver Zoo welcomed an adorable baby gerenuk named Blossom this month. > > The shy, skinny antelope was born on March 6 to mother Layla and father Woody, and the family can now be seen in the zoo’s gerenuk exhibit. > > “Blossom has just begun venturing out into her yard and thoroughly enjoys it as she runs and jumps to the delight of her first visitors,” zoo officials said in a statement. “Between bursts of speed, though, she likes to catch her breath in a cubby hole between some rocks. Blossom is also Layla’s first calf and she is proving to be a very attentive mother, frequently making sure to clean and check on Blossom.” ---
**Author:** ![Srsly\_Dad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbearably-cute-baby-gerenuk-born-in-denver-zoo/653670/2 "2013-03-22T19:23:38Z")
OK so cute it is, but the only reason I even looked was to see what the heck a Gerenuk even was. For some reason I was picturing something so dorky looking it was cute. Gerenuk=Geek? I dunno ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbearably-cute-baby-gerenuk-born-in-denver-zoo/653670/3 "2013-03-22T19:28:14Z")
Yeah, same here. I figured it might be that elephant-nosed Mongolian 'lope thing. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbearably-cute-baby-gerenuk-born-in-denver-zoo/653670/4 "2013-03-22T19:33:10Z")
A gerenuk that cute, you don’t eat it all at once. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbearably-cute-baby-gerenuk-born-in-denver-zoo/653670/5 "2013-03-22T19:34:36Z")
Are you people _complaining_ that you were lured by by false promises of obscurity? “Well, yeah, it’s _cute_, but it’s not as weird as we hoped it would be!” ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbearably-cute-baby-gerenuk-born-in-denver-zoo/653670/6 "2013-03-22T19:42:55Z")
Huh, _I_ knew what a gerenuk was. And very cute it is too 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbearably-cute-baby-gerenuk-born-in-denver-zoo/653670/7 "2013-03-22T20:57:52Z")
Meh, I’ve seen cuter. D&R 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbearably-cute-baby-gerenuk-born-in-denver-zoo/653670/8 "2013-03-22T21:09:23Z")
“The doctor told my wife she had a cute gerenuk. So I decked him.” Ba-da-BOMP (TISH) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbearably-cute-baby-gerenuk-born-in-denver-zoo/653670/9 "2013-03-23T04:46:02Z")
gerenuk? That’s a Dr. Seuss animal. The zoo is just screwing with people by putting made up names on the exhibits.