Giraffes split into 6 different species

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Dave5N

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simon l& and a half said:
I'm with Lysenko. If ever there was a species that had responded to greater fertiliser inputs the giraffe is it.

Nah, Lysenko wouldn't have used bourgeois fertiliser. Giraffes are proletarian heroes of the Revolution. They don't need fertiliser to grow. They work collectively for the good of Giraffedom.
 

Abitrary

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simonali said:
1. giraffe
2. slightly longer eared giraffe
3. chubby giraffe...

...don't know the others.

Isn't a llama also a giraffe, in the same way that a fox is a type of wolf?
 

simonali

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bonj said:
No, that's a zebra.

You stand corrected! :smile:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okapi
 

Arch

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bonj said:
No, that's a zebra.
There is also the alpaca, which is a llama, which is in turn a camel.

Technically the term is Camelid - a camel (dromedary or bactrian) is a camelid, as are llamas, alpacas, vicunas, guanacos...
 

TheDoctor

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But camels are only the shape they are because Ford Prefect took up being cruel to animals as a hobby. 'Life, the Universe and Everything' I think it was.
[/Hitchhikers]
 

Arch

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TheDoctor said:
But camels are only the shape they are because Ford Prefect took up being cruel to animals as a hobby. 'Life, the Universe and Everything' I think it was.
[/Hitchhikers]


Wasn't it giraffes? (I may be a bit rusty, I haven't read them for a while....)
 

Arch

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TheDoctor said:
I think you're right.

I can't believe Arches go rusty. The one at Ironbridge hasn't, and that's been there for ages.:biggrin:

Yeah, but I guess it gets a lick of paint everyso often?
 
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