Tag: Giraffe
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Medical lessons from giraffes
There is a story of a man going to a zoo for the first time and, after staring at a giraffe in astonishment, exclaimed, ‘‘There ain’t no such animal!’’1 Yet African giraffes have long been known to Europeans. They are the tallest living land animals in the world, and more recently have interested medical researchers.…
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The African Savannah
Steve AblonChestnut Hill, Massachusetts Forty years ago, my fatherwore his safari hat, squintedthrough binoculars, told us thosegiraffes, the dark ones, are older,and soon will not be able to outrunlions or will break a leg, be eaten.That is the cycle of life he said.Now he needs a walker. My teacherbroke her hip, my colleague torehis anterior…