Finally there are the eyes,
which give the giraffe superb vision and give us
the most exquisite pleasure. It is said that giraffes can spot a person more than a mile away, and one
Africa hand claimed that giraffes on sentry duty would climb an anthill for the most unobstructed view.
In 1959 as German scientist proved that giraffes van distinguish colors, picking out food from containers that were red, orange, yellow, yellowgreen, and violet.
But it is the aesthetic of the eye that appeals to us above all–it’s »bewitching softness«, in the words of one converted hunter. I have gotten lost in a giraffe eye, too, mesmerized by the high gloss and sympathetic expression beneath those long, straight lashes. »There is nothing to compare with its beauty throughout the animal creation«, wrote Sir Samuel Baker, who got to know giraffes after helping discover the source of the Nile.

A zoo curator I know, a bachelor, confessed to
me with absolutely no embarrassment,

»The day I find a woman with eyes as beautiful, I’ll get married.«

Lynn Sherr