You and Me Against the World
As I processed this image from my trip to Tanzania, I thought of the dangers a mother Giraffe and her calf face as they search the Serengeti for food and shelter.
Brought to mind Helen Reddy’s 1974 song "You and Me Against the World."
The Giraffe:
Giraffes usually inhabit savannas and woodlands. Their food source is leaves, fruits, and flowers of woody plants, primarily acacia species, which they browse at heights most other herbivores cannot reach.
Lions, leopards, spotted hyenas, and African wild dogs may prey upon giraffes. Giraffes live in herds of related females and their offspring or bachelor herds of unrelated adult males but are gregarious and may gather in large aggregations.
Males establish social hierarchies through "necking,” combat bouts where the neck is used as a weapon. Dominant males gain mating access to females, which bear sole responsibility for rearing the young.
(Wikipedia)
(Nikon Z6ll, 24-70/4.0 @ 58mm, 1000 @ f/8, ISO 220, processed to taste)
You and Me Against the World
As I processed this image from my trip to Tanzania, I thought of the dangers a mother Giraffe and her calf face as they search the Serengeti for food and shelter.
Brought to mind Helen Reddy’s 1974 song "You and Me Against the World."
The Giraffe:
Giraffes usually inhabit savannas and woodlands. Their food source is leaves, fruits, and flowers of woody plants, primarily acacia species, which they browse at heights most other herbivores cannot reach.
Lions, leopards, spotted hyenas, and African wild dogs may prey upon giraffes. Giraffes live in herds of related females and their offspring or bachelor herds of unrelated adult males but are gregarious and may gather in large aggregations.
Males establish social hierarchies through "necking,” combat bouts where the neck is used as a weapon. Dominant males gain mating access to females, which bear sole responsibility for rearing the young.
(Wikipedia)
(Nikon Z6ll, 24-70/4.0 @ 58mm, 1000 @ f/8, ISO 220, processed to taste)