A cheetah stalking gazelle in Tarangire National Park!
We spent 2 weeks driving the Northern Safari Circuit in Tanzania with our friends, Derek and Monica, and their partner Robert. They are studying the Maasai Giraffe population - surprisingly, little is known about how many giraffes there are, and where they go. We helped them identify giraffes with signs of skin disease. GSD (Giraffe Skin Disease) is becoming more prevalent, and again little is known about it. Infected individuals may show black, necrotic lesions on the back of the leg(s).
Check out their website to learn more about Giraffes, other migrating ungulates and what they are doing. Also, if you are interested in going on a research safari (and directly funding scientific research) they offer tours: www.wildnatureinstitute.org
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