Notes

1. Miriam Museli, Mammals and Us (San Francisco: Free Press, 1998), 89-92.

2. George Graffigny, "Obesity in Adolescent Giraffes," Journal of Giraffe Studies 18 (1977): 305.

3. Alexis Alerni, "The Propensity of Giraffes to Grow Long Necks," African Fauna Quarterly 232 (1988): 207-218.

4. Museli, Mammals and Us, 92-96.

5. Graffigny, "Obesity in Adolescent Giraffes," 308.

6. Alerni, "The Propensity of Giraffes to Grow Long Necks," 218-22.

7. Museli, Mammals and Us, 12-14.

8. Graffigny, "Obesity in Adolescent Giraffes," 314.

9. Alerni, "The Propensity of Giraffes to Grow Long Necks," 210-12

10. John Rickels, The Life Cycle of the Giraffe (New York: Limbo Press, 1965), 21-24.

11. Eve Jenkinson, "Giraffe Courtship Behavior," Journal of Mammalian Studies 26 (1983): 455-73.

12. Jenkinson, "Giraffe Courtship Behavior," 475. For further details on this study, see also Alfred Flintmeyer, Giraffe Feet and their Parasites (Chicago: Oxymoron Press, 2000), 38-40.

13. Renata Borshinger, Do Giraffes Flirt?, http://www.longnecks.org/research/gir22.html (April 10, 2001)

14. Museli, Mammals and Us, 92-96.

15. Graffigny, "Obesity in Adolescent Giraffes," 308.

16. Alerni, "The Propensity of Giraffes to Grow Long Necks," 218-22.

17. Museli, Mammals and Us, 12-14.

18. Graffigny, "Obesity in Adolescent Giraffes," 314.

19. Alerni, "The Propensity of Giraffes to Grow Long Necks," 210-12

20. Rickels, The Life Cycle of the Giraffe , 21-24.

21. Jenkinson, "Giraffe Courtship Behavior," 455-73.

22. Jenkinson, "Giraffe Courtship Behavior," 475.

23. Renata Borshinger, Do Giraffes Flirt?, http://www.longnecks.org/research/gir22.html (April 10, 2001)

24. Rickels, The Life Cycle of the Giraffe , 21-24.

25. Jenkinson, "Giraffe Courtship Behavior," 455-73.