Driving into the Aberdare National Park, we passed a herd of giraffe. The pattern on these bizarre, long-necked animals was obviously different to the Masai giraffes we’d seen before (more like pentagons than spots), and our driver David told us these were Rothschild Giraffes. On the way out, however, our local Aberdare guide Charles confidently labeled them Reticulated Giraffes.
These are the Masai giraffe:
And these are the Reticulated/Rothschild giraffes at Aberdare. Can you tell the difference?
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