Celebrating World Giraffe Day!
Common Name: Reticulated Giraffe Latin Name: Giraffa reticulata Location: Somalia, southern Ethiopia, and northern Kenya Conservation Status: Endangered
The giraffe is the world’s tallest animal. An adult male can stand up to 18 feet and weigh as much as 4200 pounds. A giraffe’s leg alone is taller than many humans at about 6 feet long!
Photographed at Minnesota Zoo Fujifilm FinePix S5100 August 2, 2006