It seems our resident giraffes are more Singaporean than we thought — this revelation coming after news of the Mandai zoo welcoming its first baby giraffe in almost three decades; and in the nation's birthday month, no less.

He doesn't have a name yet (yep, it's a 'he'), and he was born on August 31, but with all younglings, his keepers and parents (Roni, from Israel, and Growie, from the Netherlands, both of whom migrated here in 2005) needed to spend the first few months of his life letting him grow in an environment protected from scary noises, camera flashes, stuff older animals are used to.

Our not-so-little unnamed friend was born a towering 1.9m in length, and has since grown 40cm to his current height of 2.3m. But he's still a smallie compared to his parents, as you'll see in the pics below.

But now he's ready for the big, wide world, and he and his mom have rejoined dad Growie and another female Israeli giraffe, Lucy, in the publicly-viewable enclosure, and so you know what that means.

He hangs out mostly with his mom as he gets accustomed to people, noises and flashes.

He still runs back to his mum now and then at the sight of something unfamiliar, even though he's fairly accustomed to passing trams and visitors now.

When he's not with his family, he can be seen chomping on leaves and chopped vegetables, like carrots.

He also goes running...

But he might still lose balance once in awhile, if he's not careful:

Stopping to steel yourself is good too; it prevents you from getting dizzy — this kid's learning fast.

A good dose of alone-time never hurt anyone either, eh?

That said, family time's important too:

Awwww. And what next, after seeing photos of this cutie? Watch a video, of course: