An index to my various Posts on giraffes (Giraffa)

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CLASSIFICATION/CONSERVATION

• reticulata

https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/milewski/59852-focussing-on-the-reticulated-giraffe-giraffa-reticulata-in-its-real-unhybridised-form#

• hybridisation

https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/milewski/59885-the-giraffe-giraffa-reticulata-x-camelopardalis-rothschildi-of-the-laikipia-region-of-kenya-is-a-hybrid-and-no-substitute-for-the-real-reticulated-giraffe#

SUNDRY ASPECTS

https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/milewski/60051-several-remarkable-photos-of-giraffes#

OXPECKERS

https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/milewski/60512-do-oxpeckers-provide-overall-benefit-to-giraffes#

ADAPTIVE COLOURATION

• flags

https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/milewski/48447-the-six-flags-conspicuous-features-of-adaptive-colouration-in-the-various-spp-of-giraffes-giraffa#

https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/milewski/60522-are-the-social-flags-of-giraffes-activated-in-infants#

https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/milewski/56270-an-unexpected-convergence-in-colouration-between-giraffes-and-zebras#

• faces/heads

https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/milewski/60109-the-differentially-patterned-faces-of-the-various-giraffes#

https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/milewski/60047-the-mystery-of-megafaunal-microcamouflage#

• camouflage/conspicuousness

https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/milewski/69597-a-new-idea-for-how-colouration-of-giraffes-giraffa-achieves-camouflage#

https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/milewski/59814-the-puzzle-of-conspicuous-pallor-in-a-sahelian-giraffe-part-1#

https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/milewski/59836-the-puzzle-of-conspicuous-pallor-in-a-sahelian-giraffe-part-2-as-opposed-to-masculine-darkness#

• hues

https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/milewski/60534-unexplained-tropical-hues-in-giraffes#

PELAGE

• horn-tufts

https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/milewski/59906-occipital-horn-tufts-a-previously-overlooked-feature-of-certain-giraffes#

• manes

https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/milewski/59941-why-are-manes-fully-developed-at-birth-in-giraffids#

RELATIONSHIP WITH TREES/SHRUBS

• general

https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/milewski/60261-giraffes-as-tree-shunners#

• Balanites aegyptiaca

https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/milewski/60196-an-odd-case-of-scenery-shaped-by-natural-mega-masculinity#

• Gardenia volkensii

https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/milewski/60060-explaining-the-extreme-growth-form-of-gardenia-in-the-serengeti#

• adaptive colouration

https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/milewski/69597-a-new-idea-for-how-colouration-of-giraffes-giraffa-achieves-camouflage#

Posted on December 07, 2021 02:21 AM by milewski