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adventure travel, travel, travel adventure, travel and tourism, travel information, travel map, travel package, travel planning, travel reservation, travel reservations, travel site, travel web site, traveling, travel packages, travel maps, travel destinations, travel web sites, travel website, travel websites, luxury travel, travelling, travel and leisure, adventure travels, travel getaways, travel destination, travel getaway, travel tourism Ancient cultures in Africa revered the giraffe, travel as some modern cultures do today, and commonly depicted it in prehistoric rock and cave paintings. Unknown outside of Africa, this animal so excited man''s curiosity that it was sometimes sent as a diplomatic sites gift to other countries; one of the earliest travel records tells of a giraffe going from "Melinda" (presumably Malindi) in Kenya to China in 1415. The animal sites was thought to be a cross between a camel and a leopard, a mistake immortalized in the giraffe''s scientific name of Giraffa camelopardalis. The neck is so long the giraffe must spread its front legs apart so its head can reach the ground to drink. It has unusually elastic blood vessels with a series of valves that help offset the sudden buildup of blood (and to prevent fainting) when the head is raised, lowered or swung quickly. In some areas, livestock predation remains a severe problem. Ancient cultures in Africa revered the giraffe, travel as some modern cultures do today, and commonly depicted it in prehistoric rock and cave paintings. Unknown outside of Africa, this animal so excited man''s curiosity that it was sometimes sent as a diplomatic sites gift to other countries; one of the earliest travel records tells of a giraffe going from "Melinda" (presumably Malindi) in Kenya to China in 1415. The animal sites was thought to be a cross between a camel and a leopard, a mistake immortalized in the giraffe''s scientific name of Giraffa camelopardalis. The neck is so long the giraffe must spread its front legs apart so its head can reach the ground to drink. It has unusually elastic blood vessels with a series of valves that help offset the sudden buildup of blood (and to prevent fainting) when the head is raised, lowered or swung quickly. In some areas, livestock predation remains a severe problem.
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