{"id":11256,"date":"2025-09-13T15:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T20:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/safariwest.com\/?p=11256"},"modified":"2025-09-15T12:57:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:57:31","slug":"iucn-announces-four-different-giraffe-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/safariwest.com\/2025\/09\/iucn-announces-four-different-giraffe-species\/","title":{"rendered":"IUCN Announces Four Different Giraffe Species"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Breaking News: on August 21, 2025, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced that they now recognize four different species of giraffe, instead of just one! Wait\u2026.what\u2019s going on? Did we just find three new types of giraffe that were hiding somewhere in Africa? Giraffes are so big and unique, shouldn\u2019t we know how many different types there are by now? If you\u2019re confused about what this announcement means, you are not alone. 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