This muddy puddle is the "water hole"
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Before approaching the giraffes study carefully the bushes around
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Same 7 cervical vertebrae but connected by ball-and-socket (spheroidal) joint thus much more flexible then ours
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Deciding who drinks first and who stand watch
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Strong esophageal peristalsis !
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No clavicles !
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"Hey !! Leave me some !!"
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"Give me time. it is harder to drink when you are prego ! I am out of breath"
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"Watching my reflection like Narcissus"
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When giraffe drink they are harassed by ox-peckers, but they wont tolerate when the try to eat the cerumen from their ears. Cerumen consists of saturated, long-chain fatty acids and is presumably high in energy.
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Messy drinker
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Spilling off
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