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The Dallas Zoo’s 17-foot-tall giraffe Jesse died Friday, marking the third death of a giraffe at the zoo this month. Jesse, 14, came to the zoo in October 2008 from a wildlife preserve in Santa Rosa, Calif. Marekani was greeted by Jesse as the calf made her public debut in July. Both giraffes have since died.(Lynda M. González / Staff …

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