| | | | | | 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. | | | | | |
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| model | Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi |
| focal | 180.0mm (35mm equivalent: 378mm) |
| exposure | aperture priority (semi-auto) |
| tour | GAP (Great Adventure People) |
| distant | walk 0.04 km SE from last photo |
| location | Map of "view--rothschild giraffe and his family" |
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| date | 2007:09:25 16:32:09 |
width | 2989 |
| height | 2242 |
flash | No |
| timing | 0.0020 s (1/500) |
aperture | f/6.3 |
| iso | 200 |
whitebalance | Auto |
| latitude | N 2d 15m 35.5808s |
longitude | E 31d 34m 40.3974s |
| country | Uganda |
region | East Africa |
| city | Murchison Falls |
continent | Africa |
| itinerary | Murchison Falls |
activity | Game drive |
| weather | Cloudy, Rain |
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