Congratulations Cindy, your beautiful Masai giraffe have been chosen as Spotting of the Day for World Giraffe Day!
"Today is World Giraffe Day, and these beautiful Maasai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) are ourSpotting of the Day! World Giraffe Day is an annual event initiated by the Giraffe Conservation Foundation to celebrate the tallest living terrestrial animal on 21 June 21st every year. Currently the IUCN recognizes only one species of giraffe with nine subspecies, whereas research based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA has suggested up to eight distinct species. Giraffe have recently been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is estimated that fewer than 100,000 giraffe remaining in all of Africa. The number of Masai giraffe alone has dropped by more than half in the last 30 years. Find out more here: http://buff.ly/2sScz6s ".
Mind-blowing picture, an extraordinary picture snapped by you, CindyCorcoran, It seems like they are well trained and were posed for a perfect picture.
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You're welcome Cindy! We hope you're well and we'd love to see more picture from you!
Thank-you for the honor of having my photo chosen as the spotting of the day for "World Giraffe Day".
YAY !!!!
Congratulations Cindy, your beautiful Masai giraffe have been chosen as Spotting of the Day for World Giraffe Day!
"Today is World Giraffe Day, and these beautiful Maasai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) are ourSpotting of the Day! World Giraffe Day is an annual event initiated by the Giraffe Conservation Foundation to celebrate the tallest living terrestrial animal on 21 June 21st every year. Currently the IUCN recognizes only one species of giraffe with nine subspecies, whereas research based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA has suggested up to eight distinct species. Giraffe have recently been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is estimated that fewer than 100,000 giraffe remaining in all of Africa. The number of Masai giraffe alone has dropped by more than half in the last 30 years. Find out more here: http://buff.ly/2sScz6s ".
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No problem, thank you for the lovely photos. I have put you on my following list because I am just in awe of some of your amazing spottings.
Apple , Thank-you for the lovely compliment !!!
This is one of my all-time favorite photos on the site!
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SatyenMehta .... Thank you so much !!!
Super pics.
Love the picture of the babies
Mind-blowing picture, an extraordinary picture snapped by you, CindyCorcoran,
It seems like they are well trained and were posed for a perfect picture.