Giraffe knees: giraffes sitting

MARTINA NICOLLSis an international aid and development consultant, and the authorof:- Similar But Different in the Animal Kingdom(2017), The Shortness of Life: A Mongolian Lament (2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends (2012), Bardot’s Comet (2011), Kashmir on a Knife-Edge (2010) and The Sudan Curse (2009).

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Numismatic Treasury: show me the money!

On 10 March 2016 the Georgian National Museum launched a permanent exhibition (to 10 March 2030) called Numismatic Treasury – and its all about money. The Simon Janashia Museum of the Georgian National Museum will showcase the country’s history of money circulation from the 6th century BCE to 1834. Numismatic Treasury is an extension of the previous exhibition opened in 2013 in the Svaneti Museum. Now the collection will be accommodated in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, which will represent a large-scale unique collection that covers over 20 centuries of coin minting history. The collection includes about 3,500 silver, gold, and copper coins, such as the Colchian tetri (the nations first coins) and the denarius of the first Roman Emperor Octavian. There are also coins used by the Bagrations, David IV the Builder, Queen Rusudan, and other noted kings and queens. Overall the museum has up to 100,000 coins, most of which were found within Georgia, with many unearthed du

The acacia thorn trees of Kenya

There are nearly 800 species of acacia trees in the world, and most don’t have thorns. The famous "whistling thorn tree" and the Umbrella Thorn tree of Kenya are species of acacia that do have thorns, or spines. Giraffes and other herbivores normally eat thorny acacia foliage, but leave the whistling thorn alone. Usually spines are no deterrent to giraffes. Their long tongues are adapted to strip the leaves from the branches despite the thorns. The thorny acacia like dry and hot conditions. The thorns typically occur in pairs and are 5-8 centimetres (2-3 inches) long. Spines can be straight or curved depending on the species. MARTINA NICOLLS is an international aid and development consultant, and the author of:- Similar But Different in the Animal Kingdom (2017), The Shortness of Life: A Mongolian Lament (2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends (2012), Bardot’s Comet (2011), Kashmir on a Knife-Edge (2010) and The Suda

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