New Species discovered at Birmingham Zoo

Indian-born computer scientist takes credit for latest zoological discovery

Giraffe spectaculis flashes a brilliant smile

November 9th 2008
from our foreign correspondent

Just when the world thought all unknown species of animals were only to be found in Africa, a hitherto unknown species of giraffe has been found in the wildest of places - the Birmingham Zoo in Birmingham, Alabama. The discovery was made by an Indian computer-science student who was trying to scare away some of the more boring species to be found at the zoo. Officials are perplexed as to how the animal escaped the notice of other officials and visitors. The animal has been temporarily named Bespectacled Giraffe (Giraffe spectaculis) owing to the peculiar fact that this giraffe was seen wearing glasses. It also allowed itself to be photographed before disappearing for another long while. Wildlife experts all over the world are outraged at the callousness of the Birmingham Zoo officials. One expert was so incensed that he immediately booked the wrong flight and ended up in Birmingham, England and became even more incensed. Others were merely content to send endless amount of spam to the officials unconcerned with the event. The World Wildlife Fund has announced a 2 INR (approx US $ 0.04) reward for the next person to spot the creature. In the U.S., please call 1-800-GOT-WILD for more enquiries.