What’s the difference in Dark Spot Giraffes an Light spotted Giraffes?

Posted on February 17, 2010 by admin

Fossil Rim Wild Life Game Preserve in Glen Rose Texas has a couple Light Spotted Giraffes and one Dark Spotted one. I was just wondering if this was because they were from different regions.

It is possible that they have slightly different traits or different environments where darker/lighter spots are favored, but most of the time the spots get darker with age.

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2 Responses to What’s the difference in Dark Spot Giraffes an Light spotted Giraffes?

  1. Outlawed Spirit says:
    February 18, 2010 at 12:00 am

    A giraffe’s spots grow darker as it ages. The darker a giraffe is, the older it is, as a general rule. I’m sure there are certain instances in which a genetic mutation will alter this, but naturally, a giraffe darkens as it ages.
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  2. jcann17_2002 says:
    February 18, 2010 at 12:07 am

    It is possible that they have slightly different traits or different environments where darker/lighter spots are favored, but most of the time the spots get darker with age.
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