{"id":708433,"date":"2010-04-03T14:00:28","date_gmt":"2010-04-03T18:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/notrocketscience\/?p=1219"},"modified":"2010-04-03T14:00:28","modified_gmt":"2010-04-03T18:00:28","slug":"south-african-photo-safari-%e2%80%93-giraffe-not-exactly-rocket-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/708433","title":{"rendered":"South African photo safari \u2013 giraffe | Not Exactly Rocket Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The giraffe was the first species we saw on our South African safari last year (actually the second but, seriously, impala don&#8217;t count). Like many of Africa&#8217;s large mammals, it moves with remarkable grace for something so large and it disappears behind shrubbery with remarkable ease for something so tall.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1216\" title=\"Giraffe1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/notrocketscience\/files\/2010\/04\/Giraffe1.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"Giraffe1\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-1219\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1218\" title=\"Giraffe3\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/notrocketscience\/files\/2010\/04\/Giraffe3-542x1024.jpg?resize=400%2C756\" alt=\"Giraffe3\" width=\"400\" height=\"756\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1220\" title=\"Giraffe4\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/notrocketscience\/files\/2010\/04\/Giraffe4.jpg?resize=600%2C697\" alt=\"Giraffe4\" width=\"600\" height=\"697\"\/><br \/>\nThese two are youngsters, left behind at a feeding creche. The one of the left is probably a female, given the tufts of hair on the top of her horns.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1221\" title=\"Giraffes_feeding\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/notrocketscience\/files\/2010\/04\/Giraffes_feeding.jpg?resize=600%2C374\" alt=\"Giraffes_feeding\" width=\"600\" height=\"374\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/edyong209\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/notrocketscience\/files\/2009\/12\/Twitter.jpg?resize=125%2C38\" alt=\"Twitter.jpg\" width=\"125\" height=\"38\"\/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Not-Exactly-Rocket-Science\/209972267204?ref=ts\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/notrocketscience\/files\/2009\/12\/Facebook.jpg?resize=125%2C38\" alt=\"Facebook.jpg\" width=\"125\" height=\"38\"\/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/notrocketscience\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/notrocketscience\/files\/2009\/12\/Feed.jpg?resize=125%2C38\" alt=\"Feed.jpg\" width=\"125\" height=\"38\"\/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Not-Exactly-Rocket-Science-Yong\/dp\/1409242285\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/notrocketscience\/files\/2009\/12\/Book.jpg?resize=125%2C38\" alt=\"Book.jpg\" width=\"125\" height=\"38\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/DiscoverMag\/~4\/a3uVWtYZfIY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The giraffe was the first species we saw on our South African safari last year (actually the second but, seriously, impala don&#8217;t count). 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