Synonyms, Related Subjects, Ideas for Animal Photos Southern Giraffesgiraffe eating, Group Of Giraffes, Maasai Giraffe, Masai Giraffes, Reticulated Giraffes, Rothschild Giraffes, Southern Giraffes, |
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Animal Photos Of Southern Giraffes from National Geographic Images |
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 A mother and juvenile giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis, among acacias. |
 A pair of Southern giraffes, Giraffa camelopardalis, necking. |
 At the edge of immensity, giraffes and springbok come to drink at Ondongab water hole beside the tabletop flatness of the 1800-square-mile Etosha Pan. All but the northern rim lies within the park--at 8598 square miles, larger than New Jersey, but only a quarter of the area originally set aside by German colonists as a game preserve in 1907. A vast prehistoric lake, abandoned by the river that once fed it, evaporated to leave the pans alkaline clay. Today only torrential rains, years apart, fill more than a small part of the pan via rivers. That water, too, disappears within a few months. Yet along its southern edge, year-round natural fountains, such as Ondongab, provide the key to Etoshas thriving wildlife. Seeps, also called contact springs, also fill pools in wetter months. Ondongab attracts less wild life than some others because nearby brush easily conceals lions--the constant specter of the water hole. |
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