“They think you're a predator. So they're really trying to work against you, which makes it even harder.” The initial hope, O’Connor said, was that they’d be able to coax the giraffes onto ...

The gut bacteria of giraffes are not primarily determined by what they eat, but by the species they belong to. This is shown ...

Giraffes are so unusual that scientists struggled ... They have few natural predators and, as the tallest land mammal on safari, their high visibility led people to assume they were doing well.

Allen Kenzarwa, a ranger guide at Lake Mburo, remarked that the environment has been ideal for the giraffes, with fewer predators attacking them. However, the proximity of the park to surrounding ...

This is so they can detect and escape from potential predators. However, when in safer environments, or in captivity, giraffes have been observed to enter a deeper sleep while lying down - they ...