| daytime mother-calf relationships in reticulated giraffes (giraffa cameloparadalis reticulate) at the kyoto city zoo. | the present study quantitatively assesses the relationships between a reticulated giraffe mother and her first- and second-born calves during the first 22 months of the older calf's and the first 12 months of the younger calf's life at the kyoto city zoo, japan. the mother permitted her calves to suckle at over 70% of their suckling attempts in the first month after their births, and the calves ceased suckling spontaneously in 65 to 70% of the suckling bouts. from the second month on, she showed ... | 2015 | 25678184 |