Giraffe enjoying a meal - a photo on Flickriver

            Uncropped image of a giraffe showing off its ossicones and tongue.

The ‘horns’ on a giraffe are more correctly known as ossicones – conical protrusions of bone that will grow throughout the life of a bull giraffe.

Kruger National Park
Mpumalanga Province
South Africa
   

Taken in: South Africa / Mpumalanga / Mbombela / Skukuza (show map)

Taken on: June 23, 2021

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Kameelperd

Giraffe

Chordata

Mammalia

Artiodactyla

Giraffidae

Giraffa

G. camelopardalis

G. c. giraffa

Ossicones

KNP

Kruger National Park

Make me smile! :-)

Under the African Sky

Johann de Jager

EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

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Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II, f/5.6, 1/640 sec, 260mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens:	EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	260mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 19.0 (Windows)
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