THE GIRAFFE 



and Mr. A. H. Newman, the well-known English ele- 

 phant hunter, holds the same opinion. Dr. Heinroth, 

 however, claims to have heard the young bull giraffe in 

 the Berlin zoological gardens utter, at times, a slight 

 bleating sound. 



The girafife is an inoffensive animal, and runs away 

 rather than fight, for it is comparatively defenceless. 



BULL GIRAFFE IN FLIGHT 



The only weapon it uses appears to be its heels. But 

 it can use them with good effect against man and lion, 

 its only enemies. 



I have often found giraffes killed by lions, but I be- 

 lieve, as a rule, it takes two or more of the felines to 



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