--- description: Simply adorable. title: Kamili the Baby Giraffe Makes Her Zoo Debut image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta17ddd3f66420671/69869fd3cd6848046d09615c/ap360910838218.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Houston Zoo's Baby Giraffe Makes Her Public Debut by [Bijan Stephen](/author/bijan-stephen/) ## Bijan Stephen Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 17, 2014 7:42 PM CUT  A baby giraffe named Kamili, which means perfect in the Swahili language, made her debut at the Houston Zoo Friday, Aug. 15, 2014\. Kamili increases the zoo's herd to ten. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Marie D. De Jesus) A baby giraffe named Kamili, which means perfect in the Swahili language, made her debut at the Houston Zoo Friday, Aug. 15, 2014\. Kamili increases the zoo's herd to ten. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Marie D. De Jesus)Marie D. De Jesus—Houston Chronicle/AP by [Bijan Stephen](/author/bijan-stephen/) ## Bijan Stephen Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 17, 2014 7:42 PM CUT Kamili—this adorable baby giraffe—was born on Aug. 3 at the Houston Zoo, becoming the 10th animal in their herd. Check out her poised and graceful debut, just a few weeks after entering the world. She won’t stay that miniature size for long, though — newborn calves can nearly [double their height](http://www.giraffeconservation.org/giraffe%5Ffacts.php?pgid=41 "undefined") in the first year of being born. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3131506/baby-giraffe-kamili-houston-zoo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3131506/baby-giraffe-kamili-houston-zoo/"},"headline":"Houston Zoo's Baby Giraffe Makes Her Public Debut","datePublished":"2014-08-17T19:42:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:31.038Z","description":"\"Kamili\" is only two weeks old","url":"https://time.com/3131506/baby-giraffe-kamili-houston-zoo/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta17ddd3f66420671/69869fd3cd6848046d09615c/ap360910838218.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Bijan Stephen","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/bijan-stephen/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta17ddd3f66420671/69869fd3cd6848046d09615c/ap360910838218.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kamili","caption":"Kamili","creditText":"Marie D. De Jesus—Houston Chronicle/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3131506/baby-giraffe-kamili-houston-zoo/","name":"Houston Zoo's Baby Giraffe Makes Her Public Debut"}}]}] ```