. Birds and nature . 447 GIRAFFE.(Camelopardalis giraffa) CQPVniGHT 190, BY A. W. MUMFORO, CHICAfiO. peculiar, and one who has witnessed thecurious operation tells us that althoughthe animals neck is so long, it can notreach the water without straddling itslegs wide apart. This it does by placingone foot forward and the other as farback as possible, increasing the distancebetween them by a series of little jerks,and sometimes they sprawl their legs outsideways in a similar manner. It is at the watering place that thelion lies in concealment waiting for theGiraffe to appear. Should it remain un
. Birds and nature . 447 GIRAFFE.(Camelopardalis giraffa) CQPVniGHT 190, BY A. W. MUMFORO, CHICAfiO. peculiar, and one who has witnessed thecurious operation tells us that althoughthe animals neck is so long, it can notreach the water without straddling itslegs wide apart. This it does by placingone foot forward and the other as farback as possible, increasing the distancebetween them by a series of little jerks,and sometimes they sprawl their legs outsideways in a similar manner. It is at the watering place that thelion lies in concealment waiting for theGiraffe to appear. Should it remain un-conscious of the lions presence, the vic-tory is to the lion, but in the open theGiraffe has an equal chance with theking of beasts, for it can defend itselfyaliantly and successfully with vigorousblows from its powerful limbs. Thesmall horns are not used as a means ofdefense; they are covered with skin, andat birth the bones are separate, becomingattached to the skull at a later period,while the third small horn, e
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