Adorable footage has started making the rounds on social media of a rare baby giraffe who can hold claim to being the only one of its kind to be born completely devoid of spots.
The greater Kruger National Park has been lashed by heavy rains since Friday, with rivers overflowing and roads being cut off by the surging water.
That may look like a baby giraffe, but in truth, scientists believe it suffers from skeletal dysplasia, also known as dwarfism.
Praise the Lord, for he has given me the opportunity to riddle his creation with bullets on the way to ending its life. Meet Tess Thompson Talley.
Tragedy struck last week just outside of Jozi, with a 47-year-old man dying after a giraffe struck him with its head.
After being tipped off by locals, an NGO went out to find a pair of rare white giraffes and what they found was magical.
They may look rather ungainly, especially when they decide to use their necks as weapons, but there’s more to the giraffe than meets the eye.
Here’s one to keep all those pesky tourists away from spending money on our shores – check out this couple’s African holiday from hell.
Who’s the biggest player in the animal world? I know you’re thinking it’s the honey badger (he doesn’t give a damn) but what about our long-necked buddies?
We don’t often think of giraffes as dangerous beasts, but perhaps we need to re-evaluate that after a cyclist was trampled to death in the Limpopo province.
There is a time and a place for a selfie picture of, well, yourself, and as far as most people can see, it’s not when you have just killed an innocent animal.
In what’s probably one of the most shocking stories of the week, especially for animal lovers, the fate of the Giraffe who knocked it’s head while being transported via truck is out.
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An unsuspecting game drive led this group of tourists to encounter an angry bull chasing their open top Jeep. The giraffe almost caught up with the tourists but thier noise made the animal give up the chase, and thankfully they were able to drive to safety. This news story made it into the Sunday Times.
Our local wildlife can be very… independent minded. A giraffe and a baboon have made separate headlines today for their remarkably free-thinking behaviour.
Wild at Heart is a British TV show being shot in South Africa. One of its stars is Lucy, a nine year old pregnant giraffe. This week she fell into a swimming pool on set – forcing rescue workers to demolish it in order to free her. Video after the jump.