_I have a friend in South Africa who took up walking. Then she took up running now she runs though the great wild life parks in South Africa and I have photos of her running with giraffes  watching her. These make fantastic images. I think every one loves the giraffe and a good giraffe story.  As well as showing me photos of the most amazing scenery and wildlife in the locations she runs I am fascinated by the shoes many of the runners in South Africa wear.  Where as here in Australia we have specialist shoe stores that stock regular, wide and narrow shoes for women, there they stock bare food running shoes.  Now in my wildest imagination lol, I just cannot picture what a bare food running shoe would be.

Here is a gorgeous picture of the famous 'kissing' giraffe becomes a mum again

A giraffe that found fame after being captured kissing her first-born calf has given birth for the seventh time.

Misha's three-day-old calf weighs in at a heavier-than-average 72 kilograms and was born as part of Perth Zoo's regional breeding program.

The giraffes are Rothchild's Giraffe species, which are the most endangered of all giraffe species.

There are only a few hundred found in Kenya and Uganda.

Zookeeper Bec Wood says the past 16 years have seen Perth contribute to the species' numbers.

"We've been part of the regional breeding program for quite a few years now," she said.

"The calf is Misha's seventh and we've had eight here born over the years as well.

"It's quite important for the region and for conservation as well."

The calf is yet to be named.