Sentences with phrase «giraffes live»

North of the equator, where reticulated giraffes live, the dry season starts in July.

The Tweet has since been deleted, and Delta has issues an apology as seen below: Map of where giraffes live in Africa:

Scientists have blamed the giraffe extinction on «habitat loss» and explained that more and more people are moving in and developing on giraffe living areas.

The goal was to figure out how similar the giraffes living in different parts of Africa were to each other, and to make greater conservation efforts for them.

Not exact matches

A slightly faster lion, taller giraffe or better sighted hawk is more likely than its slower, shorter or more myopic brethren to live long enough to breed and pass on the favorable genes that gave it the edge.

A slightly faster lion, taller giraffe or better sighted hawk is more likely than its slower, shorter or more myopic brethren to live long enough to breed and pass on its genes.

As EasyTrackGhana.com, a Ghana traveling site notes, «There are no giraffes or zebras or leopards living anywhere in Ghana.»

From stories about dump trucks and dinosaurs to giraffes that can't dance and wild things that live in the forest, you're sure to find books that your toddler will love reading again and again.

The famous giraffe «Sophie», in natural rubber (phtalate - free), who has been part of babies» lives for almost 50 years.

Animal Adventure Park is accepting two sponsors to help continue their conservation efforts — one for the live stream of April the giraffe and her new baby, and another for the live web show next Monday where they'll announce the calf's name.

In life, these were probably skin - covered horns like those on the heads of modern giraffes.

Researchers compiled the genetic instruction book, or genome, for both the giraffe and the okapi, its short - necked closest living...

«But it's widely accepted that what became the African savannah fauna — giraffes, antelopes, rhinos — those species lived in the southern Balkans and migrated from there into Africa.»

But in the wild, predators kill 50 to 70 percent of young giraffes in the first year of life.

Masai giraffes, living just south of the equator, give birth during the dry season from December to March, meaning their offspring are ready to wean just as the wet season arrives and produces new foliage to browse on.

That's slightly less than one - fifth the weight of a large African elephant, but about 5 % more than an average male giraffe, the largest living ruminants, the researchers report online today in Biology Letters.

Researchers compiled the genetic instruction book, or genome, for both the giraffe and the okapi, its short - necked closest living relative.

Three types of giraffe species in East Africa are genetically distinct and rarely intermingle, even though they live in close proximity to each other.

For the first time, the genomes of the giraffe and its closest living relative, the reclusive okapi of the African rainforest, have been sequenced — revealing the first clues about the genetic changes that led to the evolution of the giraffe's exceptionally long neck and its record - holding ranking as the world's tallest land species.

Giraffe mothers living in zoos seem happy to let baby giraffes of other mothers steal their milk, though it works best if the thieves conceal their identity

Read previous Zoologger columns: Secret to long life found... in a baby dragon, Eggs with an «eat me» sign, How did the giraffe get its long neck?

Many mammals, including apes, giraffes, antelopes and hippos, lived in Africa and in Europe's eastern Mediterranean region between 9 million and 7 million years ago, Begun says.

«A giraffe won't save your life, but people like giraffes,» he says.

The tallest living land animal, a giraffe stands between 4.5 and 5 metres tall — and almost half that height is neck.

The long necks of giraffes date back to ancestors that lived 16 million years ago, according to a study reported October 7, 2015 in the journal Royal Society Open Science.

Moore vividly re-creates the life of this Scottish pioneer, who was noted not only for his innovative surgical techniques but also for his investigations into organ transplantation (he implanted a cock's testicle into a hen's belly) and animal dissection (he carved up a giraffe and several whales).

Love that they featured you and Carol to show case these spring trends, finally real life women wearing clothes and not some 6 feet giraffe!!

I basically had to break several traffic laws to make it to the Living Desert to make it in time for the giraffe feeding.

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Gorgeous living room with floatings shelves accented with collection of white pottery, snail statue, gray vase, giraffe statue filling alcoves on either side of fireplace.

In this space he can rest, but also be welcomed to dream a life full of adventure thanks to shelves stacked with books, fun patterns, and a life - size (well, almost) giraffe.

A zoo raised Zebra (voice of Chris Rock), gets to experience life on the wild side after he and his friends, a lion (Ben Stiller,) a hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) and a giraffe (David Schwimmer), accidentally get washed ashore on a deserted part of Madagascar's coastline.

Penguins escape, giraffes are stolen, and the Komodo dragon sends innocent people running for their lives.

Kids especially love Driving School, where they learn the ways of the road in LEGO-esque mini-cars, and Safari Trek, where riders drive animal - striped Jeeps to wind around a world of life - size giraffes, elephants, and tigers (all made of — you guessed it — LEGO bricks).

Located adjacent to our lobby - where you'll meet Lloyd our life - size giraffe - our kitchen and dining room is the place where complimentary breakfast is served every morning from 7 — 10 am, which features fresh bagels, toast, cereal, yogurt, Peet's Coffee, and fruit.

Take a fly - in safari to see desert - adapted elephant, hyena and giraffe scratching a living from the dry river valleys.

In LEGO Worlds, players uncover hidden treasures in environments that range from fun to the fantastical, where worlds come to life with a dizzying variety of vehicles and creatures — from cowboys riding giraffes and vampires scaring Yetis, to steamrollers, racing cars and colossal digging machines.

The latter work is inhabited by a life - size giraffe and a moving - image work shot in the empty gallery space.

This time around, Africa appears most prominently in photographs: framed birds in the kitchen, giraffes in the friendly family room, sunsets and cityscapes in the stately living room.

We consciously chose a very soft and neutral colour palette for our bedroom, and tried to make the living room fairly grown up and put together (the cushions matching the furniture and the art, whilst the walls and curtains match the ottoman etc), whereas in the study I've not followed the rules, and put down a bright pink rug that I loved and hung up a big papier mache giraffe head that I also love.

like life size giraffes..

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