IM NOT A GIRAFFE EXPERT BUT DO KNOW A LITTLE THE HOOVES ARE OFTEN 17 INCHES DIAMETER OR LONG? AND SOMETIMES LARGER ON AN ADULT. IT IS SAID CROCODILES GET OUT OF THE WAY WHEN THEY COME TO DRINK AS THEY CAN BREAK A CROC'S BACK. THEY WOULD CERTIANLY BE THICK AND HEAVY ENOUGH GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE HOOF AND ANIMAL AND WOULD HAVE TO BE VERY STRONG GIVEN THE WAY A GIRAFFE RUNS. THE HOOF LIKE THE HORN HAS A BONE CORE WITH A HORN LIKE COVER AS DO OTHER HOOFED ANIMALS.
ANIMALS WITH HORNS USUALLY HAVE A HORN CORE OF BONE AND A SHETH OR COVERING OVER THAT WHICH IS THE PART WE CALL HORN. PERHAPS THE GIRAFFE HAS A HORN COVERING FOR ITS HORNS? NEXT TIME I GO TO THE ZOO I WILL FIND OUT. I HAVE SOME HANDLES OF THIS STRANGE MATERIAL AND IT IS DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER HORN TYPES I HAVE SEEN. I WILL DIG AROUND AND GET OUT THE OLD MICROSCOPE AND SEE IF ANYTHING CAN BY LEARNED BY TAKEING A VERY CLOSE LOOK.
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