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Observe a tower of giraffes feeding on acacia leaves and oxpeckers combing giraffes' coats for parasites
Giraffes filmed on the African savannaThe...
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Witness the birth and first steps of a newborn giraffe at Greenville Zoo, South Carolina
The birth of a giraffe at the Greenville Zoo, South Carolina, 2012; the video also...
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reticulated giraffe
Reticulated giraffe (Giraffa reticulata), Kenya.
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Giraffe drinking water
Despite its exceptionally long neck, a giraffe must spread its front legs widely...
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Giraffe in Somalia
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Masai giraffe
Masai giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi).
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Masai giraffe and newborn calf
A mother Masai giraffe stands beside her newborn calf in Nairobi National Park, Kenya.
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Giraffe mother and calf
A mother giraffe nuzzles her calf. The small hornlike structures on the calf's head...
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Rothschild's giraffe
Rothschild's giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) in Murchison Falls National...
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Geographic ranges of the living species of giraffes in Africa
Giraffes were traditionally classified into one species, Giraffa camelopardalis,...
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Giraffe feeding at a zoo
A giraffe uses its long, flexible tongue to grasp food. In the wild, giraffes browse...
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Giraffes.
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Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis).
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A giraffe browsing on the leaves of an acacia tree, Tanzania.
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A lone giraffe in Kruger National Park, South Africa.
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Dallas Zoo
Giraffes roaming the Giants of the Savanna habitat at the Dallas Zoo, Dallas, Texas.
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Zebra and giraffe in Hwange National Park, Zimb.
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Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.
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Moscow Zoo
Zebra and giraffes in the Moscow Zoo.
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Lamarckism; giraffe
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck proposed that acquired characteristics were inheritable. For...
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petroglyph
The Dabous giraffes, a Neolithic petroglyph in north-central Niger.
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