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Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
Baby giraffes on the banks of the Nakuru Lake. I learned from my guide that the giraffes were not originally here, but they were brought to that location to film the movie Out of Africa and left there to thrive.
Acacia forest on the banks of Nakuru Lake
It could be a Masai giraffe, but could also be a Rothschild giraffe... I'll let the experts debate!
@Tukup Thank you for your species suggestion and your informative trivia!
Hi Emily. Let me add my welcome to project Noah also. There is a lot of confusion on the number of species of giraffe. It varies from 4-9. According to the included link, which is specific to Kenya, your photo would be of a Masai, or Kilimanjaro giraffe.
Hello EmilySeesThings, and Welcome to the Project Noah community! We hope you like the website as much as we do. There are many aspects to the site and community. The best way to get started is to read the FAQs at http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you can find all the tips, advice and "rules" of Project Noah. You, like the rest of the community, will be able to suggest IDs for species that you know (but that have not been identified), and make useful or encouraging comments on other users' spottings (and they on yours). There are also "missions" you can join and add spottings to. See http://www.projectnoah.org/missions Note that most missions are "local.” Be sure not to add a spotting to a mission that was outside of mission boundaries or theme. Each mission has a map you may consult showing its range. We also maintain a blog archive http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we have posted previous articles from specialists from different geographical areas and categories of spottings, as well as wildlife "adventures.” So enjoy yourself, share, communicate, learn. See you around!
Spotted on Sep 29, 2017
Submitted on Sep 26, 2019
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