Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) drinking from a waterhole by night, Shompole wilderness, Shompole Community, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi savanna adult alone profile shot overview backlighting reflection night dark watering place giraffa splash thirst east african rift valley bank rive vulnerable masai giraffe giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi cites appendix 2 march month private reserve water surface black background nobody shompole conservancy savannas adults single lonely only solo one lone profile sights profile sight profile shots profile view profile views side view overviews global sight global sights full length backlightings backlit reflections mirror image reflected reflecting nights nightime darkness sink backwaters watering places backwater waterhole waterholes splashed splashing spatter spatters thirsting great rift valley rift valley water edge banks rive water edges vulnerable species masai giraffes private reserves water surfaces watersurface watersurfaces black backgrounds with nobody low formation area stage of development individual light effect ambiance freshwater wetland area giraffidae artiodactyla mammalia cynodontia therapsida eupelycosauria synapsida tetrapoda tetrapodomorpha rhipidistia sarcopterygii euteleostomi gnathostomata vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota fracture geology landform earth's crust threatened endangered species iucn red list of threatened species species giraffe giraffa camelopardalis giraffe even toed ungulate ungulate mammal therapsid synapsid vertebrate chordate wild animal animal convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora cites natural reserve environment protection environment management biodiversity management environment water matter rift valley province kenya east africa africa