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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Holly Patrick

Tiny antelope barely taller than tin of baked beans born at UK zoo

One of the world's tiniest antelopes, standing barely taller than a tin of beans, has been born at Chester Zoo.

Dotty is the adorable new Kirk’s dik-dik fawn at one of the UK's largest zoos, which houses 30,000 animals from more than 500 species.

When fully grown, Dotty will only be 40cm tall.

She is being raised with the help of a surrogate father after her biological father died of old age shortly before her birth.

A new male dik-dik named Dan, who arrived from a zoo in Cumbria in February, has gently stepped into the role alongside mother Chrissy.

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