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Masai giraffe, Maasai giraffe, Kilimanjaro giraffe

Giraffa tippelskirchi

Habitat:

Massai Mara savannah with dry grass, shrubs and trees. Small creeks run through the region and create fresh green.

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5 Comments

Benno Ibold
Benno Ibold 7 years ago

Thanks again for all your appreciate comments. The link of DanielePralong shows how important it is to do everything to protect our wildlife from human stupidety. May none of this admirable species suffer from the same fate as the northern style square-lipped rhinoceros for example.

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 7 years ago

Congrats Benno! This gave us the perfect choice for World Animal Day. Coincidentally we've been pointed to a very recent study showing that all giraffes subspecies can be genetically separated into 4 distinct species:
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/full...

Beautiful series Benno,very apropriated for the day,congrats on another well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing

Benno Ibold
Benno Ibold 7 years ago

Thank you much, also in the name of the giraffe.

AshleyT
AshleyT 7 years ago

Congrats Benno, this beautiful giraffe has been chosen as Spotting of the Day on World Animal Day!

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Benno Ibold
Spotted by
Benno Ibold

Narok, Kenya

Spotted on Jul 17, 2016
Submitted on Sep 20, 2016

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