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Re: Giraffe - Animal of the Month: April 2014

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Kruger

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I heard, the dark are older... and the color is due to the sun -O-


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idem for these ones

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It's often said that bulls are usually darker than cows and that the bulls darken more than cows with age -O-


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Toko wrote:It's often said that bulls are usually darker than cows and that the bulls darken more than cows with age -O-
a good question for "specialists" ;-)


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I think it's pretty common knowledge the bulls darken with age? -O-

Don't know if it's the sun, though... ;-)


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so... I saw Sean Connery and not George Clooney =O: =O: =O:

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Have never seen a dark bull in the north-western populations (KTP, Augrabies, Mokala, Etosha) :-?


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Toko wrote:Have never seen a dark bull in the north-western populations (KTP, Augrabies, Mokala, Etosha) :-?
they are eaten before 0*\


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