Inside Science - Smithsonian Associates Science Literacy
Evening Lecture Seminar

Wildlife conservation biologist, and Anne Innis Dagg Foundation Board Member, Dr.Fred Bercovitch explores the hidden social lives of giraffes.

The first scientific field study of giraffes was conducted by Anne Innis Dagg in 1956, but largely disappeared for decades. When researchers returned to the field nearly two decades later, they discovered that giraffes maintain complex social systems. Although they live in very flexible groups, giraffes form lifelong friendships, establish babysitting crèches, follow matriarchal leaders, and sustain enduring mother–daughter bonds. Giraffes also watch out for one another while feeding, drinking, and resting. As we uncover their social lives, however, giraffe populations have declined by roughly 40 percent in 30 years, placing them at risk of extinction.

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