Giraffe with a Short Neck

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a b Fennessy, S.; Fennessy, J.; Muller, Z.; Brown, M.; Marais, A. (2018). " Giraffa camelopardalis ssp. rothschildi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T174469A51140829. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T174469A51140829.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021. Another related question is why only the giraffes developed this feature when many other animals in the zone are also herbivores? The theories and hypotheses have arisen to explain this subject, but none has the general acceptance of the scientific community. Rookmaaker, L. C. (1 June 1989). The Zoological Exploration of Southern Africa 1650–1790. CRC Press. ISBN 9789061918677. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023 . Retrieved 17 October 2020.

How these two giraffes ended up with dwarfism is still hazy. Random mutations in the genetic code can cause dwarfism, but it can also be linked to low genetic diversity or inbreeding, reports the Times. Thornicroft's giraffe ( G. c. thornicrofti) is restricted to the Luangwa Valley in eastern Zambia. [1] The patches are notched and somewhat star-shaped, and may or may not extend across the legs. The median lump of males is underdeveloped. [27] :54 No more than 550 remain in the wild, [1] with none in zoos. [28] It was named after Harry Scott Thornicroft. [37] Bercovitch, Fred B.; Bashaw, Meredith J.; del Castillo, Susan M. (1 August 2006). "Sociosexual behavior, male mating tactics, and the reproductive cycle of giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis". Hormones and Behavior. 50 (2): 314–321. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.04.004. ISSN 0018-506X. PMID 16765955. S2CID 45843281.

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The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists the okapi as endangered. This is because the rate of population decline is estimated to have exceeded 50 percent over the past 24 years. It is strange that Pincher is able to critique Darwin’s view so clearly and yet doesn’t recognize that he is proposing the same type of inadequate explanation. The giraffe ancestor could just as well have developed greater bulk or more running muscles, both of which would have aided in avoiding predators. The fact is that despite its size and long stride, the giraffe is still preyed upon by lions. And as one study of one hundred giraffes killed by lions in South Africa showed, almost twice as many bulls were killed as cows (Pienaar 1969; cited in Simmons and Scheepers 1996). The longer stride of bulls evidently doesn’t help them avoid lions better than the shorter legged females. Who knows whether their long stride may in some way make them more vulnerable? Another speculative idea into the wastebasket. Individual captive giraffes were given celebrity status throughout history. In 1414, a giraffe from Malindi was taken to China by explorer Zheng He and placed in a Ming dynasty zoo. The animal was a source of fascination for the Chinese people, who associated it with the mythical Qilin. [124] :56 The Medici giraffe was a giraffe presented to Lorenzo de' Medici in 1486. It caused a great stir on its arrival in Florence. [129] Zarafa, another famous giraffe, was brought from Egypt to Paris in the early 19th century as a gift for CharlesX of France. A sensation, the giraffe was the subject of numerous memorabilia or "giraffanalia". [124] :81

a b Bond, Monica L.; Lee, Derek E.; Ozgul, Arpat; König, Barbara (27 August 2019). "Fission–fusion dynamics of a megaherbivore are driven by ecological, anthropogenic, temporal, and social factors". Oecologia. 191 (2): 335–347. Bibcode: 2019Oecol.191..335B. doi: 10.1007/s00442-019-04485-y. ISSN 1432-1939. PMID 31451928. S2CID 201732871. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023 . Retrieved 22 August 2023.Schmitt, M. H.; Stears, K.; Shrader, A. M. (2016). "Zebra reduce predation risk in mixed-species herds by eavesdropping on cues from giraffe". Behavioral Ecology. 27 (4): 1073–1077. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arw015.

Giraffes have beautiful spotted coats. While no two individuals have exactly the same pattern, giraffes from the same area appear similar. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973). "զուրափէ"[in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition]. www.nayiri.com. Yerevan: University Press. p.110a. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022 . Retrieved 28 December 2022.Good News for Giraffes at CITES CoP18 > Newsroom". newsroom.wcs.org. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020 . Retrieved 16 November 2020.