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
Kordofan giraffe name is a reference to Kordofan in Sudan. There are around 2,000 individuals living in the wild. "The Christian Science Monitor" lists only 38 individuals being alive in the embattled Garamba National Park in The Democratic Republic of Congo due to poaching; their skin is used for luxury goods and they are said to produce enough meat to feed poachers for weeks . Recent genetic studies also shows distinct genetic populations of giraffe that makes conservation of these subspecies even more important. Kordofan giraffe The Kordofan giraffe ("Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum") is a subspecies of giraffe found in northern Cameroon, southern