13 Females, 1 Male, from one Home to Another!

The Nubian Giraffe, the type of Giraffe species found in Uganda, is also formerly known as
the Rothschild Giraffe. It was listed as one of the most endangered subspecies by IUCN in
2018.
Unique to Giraffes, their moving pattern involves lifting both right legs simultaneously,
landing them at the same time with a difference in milliseconds. Then the left legs follow, a
pattern that causes a swaying gait.
The front legs are strongly built to support the long neck that forces them to turn the head
circular, followed by the body before making a full back turn or to the sides (subtle).
Even though it has a very long neck, it only has seven bony cervical vertebrae like humans.
While an average human adult male stands at 5.6 ft (5.2 female), a newly born Giraffe
stands at 6.0 ft tall (1.8 meters) even though it would look so tiny when standing next to its
incredibly tall mother.
Over 1500 Giraffes are estimated to be in Murchison Falls National Park.
Lake Mburo National Park was initially known to have giraffes hundreds of years ago, due
to illegal hunting and diseases they had since disappeared. 15 Giraffes were translocated
into the Mburo ecological landscape in 2015 from Murchison. The total population in
Mburo is now estimated to be at 22.
Illegal poaching in 1990s had seen the number of Giraffes reduced to 3 in Kidepo Valley
National Park. After a census exercise by Giraffe Conservation Fund in 2018, they had since
increased to 36. In August 2018, the number was boosted by translocating 14 Giraffes (13
females, 1 male) from Murchison.
On Safari morning game drives, these Giraffes can be spotted in the 3 different National
Parks.

Observe the Giraffe patterns on our YouTube episode “Giraffes, head before body turn”,
below.
https://youtu.be/PCbnTp2XziM