The wild teems with the unknown.
Researchers have identified two dwarf giraffes, the first such animals known to science. During routine surveys of endangered, troubled giraffe populations by the conservation group Giraffe Conservation Foundation, biologists found the two curious ungulates, one in Namibia and the other in Uganda.
In research recently published in the journal BMC Research Notes, biologists conclude the giraffes have skeletal or cartilaginous disorders, a rare occurrence in most wild, free-ranging animal populations. They had particularly short legs, and one had a shorter than average neck. Read more…
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