Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda's Largest Park with a variety of animals to encounter, these include the African Lions, African elephants, African Buffaloes, Nile Crocodiles, Antelopes, Hippos, Leopards and it's famous habituated animals the Giraffe whose appearance might lead you to dought if it's not a cross breed between a Leopard and a camel due to it's physical appearance, the giraffe's swagger comes in as a result of it moving both right legs simultaneously, followed by both the left legs, it's the world's tallest land mammal where it's newborn stands at a height of 2 meters high hence enabling them eat the hideously spiky acacia of which it strips off leaves using its long dark purple tongue.
This curious gentle giant fascinated Africa's prehistoric inhabitants who depicted it in cave paintings across the continent unfortunately these giraffe's where heavily hunted to use their trails for bracelets, fly swatters, threads for sewing and threading beads, Uganda's Rothschild giraffe is now one of the most endangered giraffe species with fewer than 700 in number remaining in the wild. Click the link for a discounted trip to Murchison Falls National Park hence encounter the world's tallest land mammal.
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