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Watch April the giraffe's new baby figure out this whole 'walking' thing

Wobble, wobble.
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Chloe Bryan
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April the giraffe's much-anticipated new calf is only a few hours old, but it's already very busy doing fun activities. Standing and walking, for example.

As is to be expected, the baby was quite wobbly at first. In fact, its first attempts at standing up went extremely -- albeit adorably -- awry.

Now, though, the baby is strutting around with the confidence of a giraffe at least twice its age -- so, like, a giraffe that is five hours old.

Please enjoy:

Via Giphy
Via Giphy

Keep practicing, little friend. Maybe someday you can achieve the ultimate goal: giraffe Parkour.

Topics Animals

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Chloe Bryan

Chloe was the shopping editor at Mashable. She was also previously a culture reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @chloebryan.

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