Animal Kingdoms

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National Geographic Traveler

December, 2006

Acacia trees spread across the horizon like parasols. Laura, a young giraffe, lingers in the shade with the grace of a Henry James heroine at a garden party. Her seven-foot-tall, eight month-old son, Gordon, glides through blond grasses, while weaver birds career through jacarandas like winged lemons.

 

At six p.m. sharp, Cosmos Mutinda, a staffer at Giraffe Manor