A rare spotless giraffe died under mysterious circumstances just two years after her birth at a Tennessee zoo sparked international attention and made her a must-see attraction.

Kipekee, the 2-year-old spotless giraffe, died at Brights Zoo on Wednesday, according to an announcement on the zoo’s Facebook page. Giraffes can live up to 25 years in the wild, or longer in captivity, according to National Geographic .

“A full necropsy will be performed to help us understand what happened,” the zoo said in its announcement.

Kipekee got her name from the Swahili word for unique, but the rare genetic mutation that left her spotless is unlikely to have played a role in her early death. Giraffe’s spots help them camouflage in the wild, so losing them isn’t a disadvantage in a zoo enclosure.

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