Kenya is the only country in which it is possible to see three geographically distinct forms of the Giraffe. The Masai subspecies (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) is in the south; further north in the west is Rothschild’s Giraffe (G. c. rothschildi); in the north-east is the Reticulated Giraffe (G. c. reticulata). Here is a photograph I took in 1991 in Samburu of two Reticulated Giraffes feeding in the evening. I still watch giraffes with amazement at how they cope with the thorns.
Looking back at out trips to Africa over the years, I realised we have seen five of the nine forms.
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