Talk:Reticulated giraffe

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Informative[edit]

I found the charts very informative.Goblyglook (talk) 03:55, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Page move[edit]

Wouldn't this make more sense at Reticulated Giraffe, i find that a much more common name than Somali giraffe? C hris_huh^talk 01:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I fully agree.. this should be done. ColinRose@comcast.net —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.130.124.228 (talk) 09:26, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Improvements[edit]

I believe information should be added on how long it took giraffes to evolve to have long necks and how tall they actually are under the Neck category. It should also talk about the costs of having such a long neck. Besides the long necks for fighting for females, there should be info on their horns and how thick their skulls are. Abbruzzese.17 </ref>scientist.com/article/dn19135-zoologger-how-did-the-giraffe-get-its-long-neck.html#.VCwoKvldXC8> — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abbruzzese.17 (talk • contribs) 16:28, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Can we get some better information dealing with the evolution of the neck? This section looks like it was written for a grade school project. See below excerpt.

"In order for giraffes to have developed into having long necks, it would have had to take several life generations. There is no possible way for an animal to form an adaptation in one lifetime. Though this huge adaptation looks very complex, it really isn't. There are only seven vertebrae in a giraffe’s neck. Millions of years before, the trait of a long neck was just a genetic mutation that eventually created a new species. At this time though; these animals were just plain old antelopes." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.67.187.172 (talk) 21:49, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

new species delimitation[edit]

In light of the new species delimitations for Giraffa, I propose placing all general information about giraffes in the Giraffa article, and keep the species-specific pages to information only pertinent to that species. Thoughts? DerekELee (talk) 10:30, 9 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Sections three through to six have nothing to do with G. reticulata specifically, and it really doesn't need to be on this page. Lusotitan (talk) 20:05, 9 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

taxobox fix[edit]

Can someone fix the taxobox?

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