Snapshot Serengeti Talk

Young giraffe?

  • jcbrstege by jcbrstege

    The leg looks very much like a giraffe with the small spots, but the tail looks a bit off to me

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  • dms246 by dms246 moderator

    I can't see any spots on that leg - it just looks a general tan colour to me. My first thought is that it's a young wildebeest. They start out a much paler, reddish tan colour, and have a short, horse-like tail.

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  • jcbrstege by jcbrstege

    OK the shadow of the animal isn´t suggesting giraffe either. Thanks

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  • okopho by okopho in response to jcbrstege's comment.

    I also had to classify this and had more or less the same thoughts as you (sans the spots).

    Giraffe ankles:

    giraffe ankles

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  • dms246 by dms246 moderator

    I'm beginning to doubt my original opinion on this. 😃

    I did agree that the ankles looked very giraffe-ish, but the shadow, and the angle the tail seemed to be at (ie it appears to be attached to the animal not very far above what we can see), and the fact that some baby 4-legged animals have joints that are "too big" for their size (a bit like kittens and puppies have paws that are too big 😃 ), all inclined me towards it being a much smaller animal.

    But those ankles are very compelling...

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  • okopho by okopho in response to dms246's comment.

    Your surmises are not at all unreasonable. The tail does indeed look somehow wrong 😃

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