Never Thought About Going to Africa? Here Are 27 Magnificent Reasons You Should

The first flood in 15 years made this once-barren floodplain a smorgasbord of plant life along the Skeleton Coast of Namibia. To eat food below, a giraffe must spread its front legs very wide in order to reach the ground. It's a risky position. It's not easy for a giraffe to right itself quickly if a desert-adapted lion should appear. As luck would have it, predators were nowhere in sight.