From Simon d'Entremont

One of my top tips for wildlife photography (which equally applies to pets, BTW!) is to capture or highlight a feature or behaviour for which the species is known. In this case, this species is famous for having a long neck and standing on it's hind legs to reach up for vegetation in trees that regular antelopes can't reach, going them an advantage in finding food. The shots I have with its face buried in the tree branches weren't very pretty, but this one as it was starting to go pull back to go back down was just right.

Gerenuk (aka Giraffe-necked antelope), Samburu, Kenya.

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Aww shit I thought it was an actual giraffe. Would love to see a giraffe do that! With something for scale in the picture.

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