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Episode: Masai giraffes more endangered than previously thought
Description: Endangered Masai giraffes are even more at risk than previously thought, researchers from Penn State University have found.
Because of a valley running through Kenya and Tanzania, the subspecies has divided into two groups that havenβt interbred in more than 250,000 years. It means there are actually two smaller groups of separate species β and both are at risk. These giraffes are facing a greater threat to their existence than previously thought.
The study has shown that the Great Rift Valley running through Kenya and Tanzania has divided the subspecies, stopping the exchange of genetic material. The genomic analysis of 100 Masai gira...