Giraffes can think rationally according to this study published in the journal Scientific Reports. The scientists are based at the University of Barcelona. Alvaro Caicoya (PhD student) and colleagues discovered that in the tests described below giraffes chose the boxes containing their favorite food. Test 1 Four giraffes at Barcelona Zoo were shown 2 transparent …
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The video caption states that this giraffe in a zoo wants to help a young gazelle by removing from his antlers a small branch on which there are leaves. If you look at the video closely you can see that the giraffe bends over to eat one of the leaves even while the branch is …
Giraffe removes branch stuck on young gazelle’s antlers to eat the leaves not to help Read More »
There are dwarf giraffes in Uganda and Namibia. Most giraffes grow to between 4.5 and 6 metres in height. In a study published on the British Medical Journal website the Giraffe Conservation Foundation have reported the discovery of a 2.6 metre giraffe in Namibia in 2018. Three years earlier they had found another dwarf giraffe …
RIFT VALLEY, KENYA: This is a wonderful photograph by Ami Vitale working for Save Giraffes Now. It shows a giraffe from the critically endangered Rothschild’s subspecies on a raft with rangers and conservationists on Lake Baringo, western Kenya, as it is being transported from the danger of flooding on Longicharo Island to the nearby Ruko …
Great picture of a giraffe being rescued from flooding in the Rift Valley Read More »
NEWS AND STRONG OPINION: It makes you sick. It depresses me. It pisses me off to be perfectly frank. Here we have an entirely innocent and extremely rare white giraffe caused by the presence of a gene which results in a condition called leucism. It is also found in other mammals which also gives them …
Super rare white giraffe destined to be killed for its exotic skin Read More »
Well, I have taken the huge liberty in publishing this superb photograph on this website. I felt I had to because it’s so wonderfully encapsulates what humankind’s relationship with our animal cousins should be. There is a beautiful tenderness in this interspecies relationship. I have promoted the photographer and the charity she supports as a …
Orphaned giraffe finds solace by nuzzling up to Sarara Camp wildlife keeper Lekupania Read More »
