1. Miriam Museli, Mammals and Us (San Francisco: Free Press, 1998), 89-92.
2. George Graffigny, "Obesity in Adolescent Giraffes," Journal of Giraffe Studies 18 (1977): 305.
3. Alexis Alerni, "The Propensity of Giraffes to Grow Long Necks," African Fauna Quarterly 232 (1988): 207-218.
4. Museli, Mammals and Us, 92-96.
5. Graffigny, "Obesity in Adolescent Giraffes," 308.
6. Alerni, "The Propensity of Giraffes to Grow Long Necks," 218-22.
7. Museli, Mammals and Us, 12-14.
8. Graffigny, "Obesity in Adolescent Giraffes," 314.
9. Alerni, "The Propensity of Giraffes to Grow Long Necks," 210-12
10. John Rickels, The Life Cycle of the Giraffe (New York: Limbo Press, 1965), 21-24.11. Eve Jenkinson, "Giraffe Courtship Behavior," Journal of Mammalian Studies 26 (1983): 455-73.
12. Jenkinson, "Giraffe Courtship Behavior," 475. For further details on this study, see also Alfred Flintmeyer, Giraffe Feet and their Parasites (Chicago: Oxymoron Press, 2000), 38-40.
13. Renata Borshinger, Do Giraffes Flirt?, http://www.longnecks.org/research/gir22.html (April 10, 2001)
14. Museli, Mammals and Us, 92-96.
15. Graffigny, "Obesity in Adolescent Giraffes," 308.
16. Alerni, "The Propensity of Giraffes to Grow Long Necks," 218-22.
17. Museli, Mammals and Us, 12-14.
18. Graffigny, "Obesity in Adolescent Giraffes," 314.
19. Alerni, "The Propensity of Giraffes to Grow Long Necks," 210-12
20. Rickels, The Life Cycle of the Giraffe , 21-24.21. Jenkinson, "Giraffe Courtship Behavior," 455-73.
22. Jenkinson, "Giraffe Courtship Behavior," 475.
23. Renata Borshinger, Do Giraffes Flirt?, http://www.longnecks.org/research/gir22.html (April 10, 2001)
24. Rickels, The Life Cycle of the Giraffe , 21-24.
25. Jenkinson, "Giraffe Courtship Behavior," 455-73.