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Reticulated Giraffe sketches(Giraffa camelopardalis) twigaOf all the Giraffe sub-species, the Reticulated, drawn here in Samburu, has the most distinctive pattern, like well-laid crazy paving. |
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The elongated neck brings the 'eating machine' into the high branches. But a telescoping device, that is, the tongue, stretches even further, lubricated by thick saliva and incredibly prehensile, snatches the leaves of the acacia from between enormous thorns. |
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