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Giraffe at close quarters Nairobi

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Africa is full of all animals that we go to the zoo to see, of course running in the wild.  But indiscriminate poaching is making their number less and less in the world. In various African countries lots of conservationists are taking the cause of different animals and protecting and nurturing them in their natural habitats. We have Rhino sanctuary in Uganda, elephant Orphanage  and giraffe facility in Nairobi.  These are places where we can see these animals at close quarters.  We can touch elephants and in giraffe facility we can feed them too They have created raised wooden platforms where the giraffes come near and takes the feed  from your hand.  You see how long their tongue is  when they put it to grab the bite.  While you are focussed on taking photos they are focussed on taking out the bites. And the fallen down food bites are being eaten by the wild hog  which is at the ground level whose job becomes easy. It's another experience n...