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to apprehend danger. When danger is sighted, an entire 

 herd, with seeming concerted action, moves quietly away. 

 If taken by surprise at close quarters, the giraffe makes its 

 escape in an apparently effortless gallop, its neck and head 

 extended and its tail twisted like a corkscrew high over its 

 back. Theoretically, one can see little basis for the develop- 

 ment of fear, worry, anxiety, or anger in this great animal. 



Formerly the giraffe was ruthlessly hunted by the native 

 for his hide, which exceeds that of any other animal in 

 durability. Now, protected as he is from man in Tangan- 

 yika, the giraffe searches inquiringly with his gentle gaze 

 as to the reason for man's approach. 



The big bull that we collected weighed 2,689 pounds, 340 

 pounds of which was skin; 501 pounds, carcass; 285 pounds, 

 stomach and intestine. The fore and hind limbs, although 

 appearing unequal in length, were almost equal in length 

 and weight. The heart weighed nearly II pounds. The 

 shoulder and neck muscles that held erect the 4OO-pound 

 neck and head were more massive than those of the lion, 

 the buffalo, the rhinoceros, or the hippopotamus. 



The head of the giraffe, as one looks up at it, appears 

 small, but, viewed from an airplane or from above, when the 

 great beast is lying on the ground, the head exhibits its 

 large relative size. From the horns to the tip of the nose, 

 the face of our specimen measured 3 feet. The forehead was 

 beautifully symmetrical. The eyes were large and promi- 

 nent and bore a gentle expression. The delicate, mobile ears 

 were 6 inches long. The lips were long and flexible; the 

 prehensile upper lip was covered with thick bristles. 



The trachea was 8 feet long. The larynx gave no evidence 

 of vocal cords, but above the larynx the hyoid bone and 

 other bony structure completely protected the larynx and 

 pharyngeal space, forming a framework, as it were, for the 

 soft tissue that is related to swallowing and breathing. The 

 rough thornlike tongue was over 18 inches in length and, 

 like the upper lip, was prehensile. With this grasping tongue 



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