At a Georgia theme park, a baby zebra rejected by her own herd discovered an unlikely bodyguard - and the bond between them is rewriting what caretakers thought they knew about cross-species connection. Kurtsie, a zebra born in December 2023 at Wild Adventures Theme Park in Valdosta, Georgia, had a rough introduction to herd life. Other zebras picked on her. But rather than endure the bullying alone, Kurtsie found refuge beside a companion no one expected: Bakari, a giraffe born in 2018 who weighs around 2,500 pounds.