The Giraffe With No Neck

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Bercovitch, Fred B.; Bashaw, Meredith J.; del Castillo, Susan M. (1 August 2006). "Sociosexual behavior, male mating tactics, and the reproductive cycle of giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis". Hormones and Behavior. 50 (2): 314–321. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.04.004. ISSN 0018-506X. PMID 16765955. S2CID 45843281. a b Wube, T.; Doherty, J. B.; Fennessy, J.; Marais, A. (2018). " Giraffa camelopardalis ssp. camelopardalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T88420707A88420710.en.

There’s no known explanation for the spotless giraffe in Tennessee beyond that it’s almost certainly due to some kind of genetic mutation or mutations, says Fred Bercovitch, a wildlife conservation biologist at the Anne Innis Dagg Foundation, a nonprofit that focuses on giraffe conservation. (Read more: Why these giraffes are completely white.)

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