Giraffes are about to join the endangered species list
U.S. Fish and Wildlife proposed that three populations of the world’s tallest land animal be classified as endangered, a move ...
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Unique anatomy sets giraffe apart in the animal kingdom
This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. At 14 to 19 feet tall, giraffes tower over the entire animal kingdom. But their iconic height, which evolved over ...
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Why does the giraffe have a long neck?
Animation describing the evolution of the giraffe. Sam, a young tortoise, wishes he had a longer neck to reach the nicest leaves. Grandad Charlie tells Sam a story about giraffes. Long ago ...
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The work of Lamarck
In 1859 Darwin published On the Origin of Species, which outlined his theory of evolution ... Lamarck's theory suggested that the giraffe's original short-necked ancestor repeatedly stretched ...