https://blog.wcs.org/photo/2025/12/02/spotted-giraffe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spotted-giraffe An Eye on Wildlife Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:22:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://blog.wcs.org/photo/2025/12/02/spotted-giraffe/#comment-139074 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 20:42:33 +0000 https://blog.wcs.org/photo/?p=10398#comment-139074 I have similar memories of the Kruger. We were about 500 yds. into the park when my normally reserved husband yelled: “Oh Eva, look, LOOK “! I was puzzled. “Yes, lovely vegetation “, I said. “No, look UP”! And I saw my first giraffe, its head way above the treetops. It’s a memory I’ll never forget…

]]> https://blog.wcs.org/photo/2025/12/02/spotted-giraffe/#comment-139072 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:45:06 +0000 https://blog.wcs.org/photo/?p=10398#comment-139072 Lovely photo, however, giraffe were identified by Giraffe Conservation Foundation and colleagues – and recently endorsed by the IUCN SSC Giraffe & Okapi Specialist Group – as four species, not one with nine subspecies!

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