The Sacramento Bee
01 January, 1995
Watched by zoo visitors, a nyala antelope gives birth for the first time. The name nyala comes from the Bantu, the language spoken on the southern African savannah where the species was first discovered. The newborn baby's English name is Nicholas.
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