The Blue Giraffe mystery extends far deeper. Together with Mtengeni he observes not just the animal in question but another giraffe with a goat-like beard, only six feet long, a green hippopotamus with pink spots, and a two-headed rhinoceros. Other creatures are so mutated their very survival is threatened, and Mtengeni is concerned about the long-term prospects of the animal population. Establishing camp in the bush, the two are separated when the warden goes out into the night for firewood and Cuff, hearing what he takes for a native woman's scream from another direction, heads off to investigate. He finds the woman, treed
Honanotherium on low-lying trees in the savannah environment, although its shorter neck shows that it probably fed on different plants than the extant giraffe. Honanotherium Honanotherium is a genus of extinct giraffid from the late Miocene of Henan Province, China, and East Azerbaijan Province, northwestern Iran. It was closely related to "Bohlinia" and was once thought to be ancestral to the modern giraffe (genus "Giraffa"). The living animal would have resembled a modern giraffe, but, somewhat shorter, and with more massive ossicones. The first part of the generic name, "honano" refers to the Henan () province of China, where the first