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Tall order: grandmother giraffes help raise the grandkids

Giraffes have surprisingly complex social systems.

A mother Rothschild's giraffe tending to her baby in Soysambu Conservancy, in the Rift Valley region of Kenya. Giraffes are attentive mothers to their offspring, and all female adults in a group are invested in each others' offspring. Image credit: Zoe Muller