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Wildlife Photo of the Week: Friends or Foe

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Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day, opens in new tab website.

This week we chose a photo of giraffes in Namibia.

©Christine McCardle
©Christine McCardle

Photographer Christine McCardle took this shot of Angolan Giraffes in the Ongava Conservancy, Namibia.

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