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@ Elmidae: In reverting my edit, you wrote "oxpeckers are not mentioned in the text, so this is not exactly illustrative". Oxpeckers are mentioned in para 3 in the section Giraffe#Mortality_and_health. -- Tagooty ( talk) 11:02, 5 August 2023 (UTC) reply

So they are. I must be blind. Sorry. -- Elmidae ( talk · contribs) 11:25, 5 August 2023 (UTC) reply

Thanks for your prompt response! Tagooty ( talk) 03:47, 6 August 2023 (UTC) reply

It is the tallest living terrestrial animal (disputed) who claims the largest mammal in the world? 2404:8000:1005:9517:AD8E:59EF:7D75:A399 ( talk) 16:20, 21 November 2023 (UTC) reply

Born a little while ago Dr Jackson is not rweal ( talk) 16:57, 5 March 2024 (UTC) reply

oops I meant spotless Dr Jackson is not rweal ( talk) 17:01, 5 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Per sources like [1], the 2 giraffes may deserve a sentence somewhere, or that may be seen as failing WP:PROPORTION for this article. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 09:50, 6 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Added something: [2] Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 10:16, 6 March 2024 (UTC) reply

The formatting on the first part of this article has been completely messed up for nearly a week ever since the last edit. Please fix. 2001:14BA:9CBC:4100:49AC:128F:4467:3B7D ( talk) 19:03, 18 April 2024 (UTC) reply