Giraffes

thumb| Giraffes are large African hoofed mammals belonging to the genus Giraffa. They are the tallest living terrestrial animals and the largest ruminants on Earth. Quotes There also be many Beasts, that be clept Orafles. In Arabia, they be clept Gerfaunts. That is a dappled or spotted Beast, that is but a little more high than is a Steed, but he hath the Neck a twenty Cubits long; and his Croup and his Tail be as of an Hart; and he may look over a great high House. Mandeville's Travels (ed. Arthur Layard, 1895) ch. 31                  Giraffes!—a PeopleWho live between the earth and skies,Each in his lone religious steeple,Keeping a light-house with his eyes. Roy Campbell, "Dreaming Spires", l. 45 (1946) External links Category:Mammals