Giraffe populations are already under threat from habitat loss, poaching, and conflicts with humans. While they are spread across 21 African countries, their numbers have been declining.

New research finds that giraffes much prefer flat terrain and do not traverse slopes of more than 20°, which severely limits the areas in, and outside, protected reserves they can access.

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Turns out, giraffes have a distaste for inclines. The tall, majestic, and gracefully lumbering creatures of Africa’s grasslands aren’t fans of hilly terrain and actively avoid slopes greater than 20 ...

A new study analysing the movements of 33 GPS-collared giraffes across five reserves in South Africa has found that giraffes avoid steep terrain and are unable to navigate slopes with a gradient ...

New research finds that giraffes much prefer flat terrain and do not traverse slopes of more than 20°, which severely limits the areas in, and outside, protected reserves they can access.

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