Two Extremely Rare Dwarf Giraffes Spotted In Namibia And Uganda

Did you know that giraffes have black tongues? Yep, no doubt only the hardcore giraffe lovers knew that one, but there is still a lot that is yet to be discovered about giraffes.

So, researchers from the Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) published a paper in BMC Research Notes, an open-access journal publisher, describing two giraffes from separate populations in Namibia and Uganda who turned out to be dwarfs among their kin. The paper focuses on giving a detailed account of what are considered the first known accounts of dwarf giraffes in scientific literature. A team of researchers from the Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) stumbled upon two dwarf giraffes.