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  2. Ossicone - Wikipedia

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    Giraffe ossicones consist of a highly vascularized and innervated bone core covered with similarly vascularized and innervated skin. [1] They are attached to the skull with vascularized, innervated connective tissue. [1] Ossicones are formed at late gestation, but in early development they are not bony and not fused to the skull yet.

  3. Scrimshaw - Wikipedia

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    While scrimshaw artists rarely use whale bone anymore, it is still employed by a few. Common modern materials are micarta, ivory (elephant, fossil, walrus), hippo tusk, warthog ivory, buffalo horn, giraffe bone, mother of pearl, and camel bone. Modern scrimshaw typically retains the nautical themes of historical scrimshaw, but can also extend ...

  4. Giraffe - Wikipedia

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    The giraffe's head and neck are held up by large muscles and a nuchal ligament, which are anchored by long thoracic vertebrae spines, giving them a hump. [17] [63] [36] Adult male reticulated giraffe feeding high on an acacia, in Kenya. The giraffe's neck vertebrae have ball and socket joints.

  5. Artiodactyl - Wikipedia

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    They grow from a permanent outgrowth of the frontal bone called the pedicle and can be branched, as in the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), or palmate, [31] as in the moose (Alces alces). Ossicones are permanent bone structures that fuse to the frontal or parietal bones during an animal's life and are found only in the Giraffidae.

  6. Peoria Zoo's 'gentle giant' giraffe Taji has been euthanized ...

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    The male giraffe named Taji at Peoria Zoo has been euthanized, the Peoria Park District announced Wednesday, May 1. Some weeks ago, Taji had received “new shoes” intended to help the healing ...

  7. The rare giraffe born without spots now has a name - AOL

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    A rare baby giraffe has no spots, but now she has a name. Officials at the Brights Zoo, a family-owned establishment in Limestone, Tennessee, revealed the adorable, 5-week-old giraffe’s name ...

  8. West African giraffe - Wikipedia

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    However, recent genetic research has shown that the populations from northern Cameroon and southern Chad actually are the Kordofan giraffe (G. c. antiquorum). [5] Therefore, the giraffes that remain in Waza National Park (Cameroon) belong to the Kordofan giraffe, while the only remaining viable population of the West African giraffe is in Niger ...

  9. Baby giraffe bonds with her dad in ‘precious moment’ at ...

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    The baby giraffe was born Oct. 10 to her mom, Julu, the zoo previously announced. She was about 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighed about 160 pounds as of Oct. 18. “Within one hour of birth, she ...