rothschild giraffe and his family, giraffes of uganda

Female giraffes associate in groups of a dozen or so members, occasionally including a few younger males. Males tend to live in "bachelor" herds, with older males often leading solitary lives. Reproduction is polygamous, with a few older males impregnating all the fertile females in a herd. Male giraffes determine female fertility by tasting the female's urine in order to detect estrus, in a multi-step process known as the flehmen response.

Giraffes will mingle with the other herbivores in the African bush. They are beneficial to be around because of their height. A giraffe is tall enough to have a much wider scope of an area and will watch out for predators.

Direction Walk 0.04 km or 1 mins south east from last photo
Location Murchison Falls, East Africa, Uganda, Africa
Info F 6.3 1/500 ISO 200 with Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Country Uganda State East Africa
City Murchison Falls Weather Cloudy, Rain
Continent Africa Day Murchison Falls
Activity Game drive Tour GAP (Great Adventure People)
Date 2007:09:25 16:32:09 Make Canon
Model Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi Width 2989
Height 2242 Flash Off, Did not fire
Focal 180.0 mm Exposure 1/500
F Number 6.3 ISO 200
White Bal. Auto Program Aperture-priority AE
Compensation 0 Hyperfocal 277.01 m
Latitude 2.25988333333333 Longitude 31.5778888888889
Altitude 72.19619048 m File Size 4.6 MB
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