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Lord Walter Rothschild
Theme letter About Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild and Rothschild Giraffe's
Lord Rothschild was a very passionate Zoologist and a member of the Rothschild family .Lord Lionel Walter preferred to be called Lord Walter Rothschild . :1 When he was as young as 7 his passion was to have his very own Museum .He started early as a collector of animals. :2  At 10 years old  his passion had increased and Walter at that age had a collection of Butterflies, birds, fish and Mammals. As his later years and now :3  18 years old he moved to Cambridge and studied at St Magdalene College not far from where I live with my family now. His sole purpose for this move was to study natural sciences. 4: Walter is now 21 and his father left him a fabulous legacy .His father had given him money and a piece of land.  5 :1892 at 24 years old Walter celebrated the opening of his museum . 6: Lord Walter Rothschild overall had 153 insects , 17 mammals, three fish, two reptiles, one millipede and one worm in his name. Lord Rothschild was very delicate with his health compared to his siblings.  The Rothschild Giraffes Height 16-20ft, Length of Tongue 50 cm 20inches , gestation period 400-600 days , Litter of 1-2 calves , primary food source Acacia Leaves, weight 2,500 lbs. There colouring is unique to there breed , every giraffes' markings are like a finger print and never the same as another giraffe. Lord Rothschild described the Giraffe in  1900 on an expedition to east Africa as the Rothschild Giraffe it was also otherwise known as the Baringo Giraffe or the Ugandan Giraffe In that era of time there were many of these subspecies roamed  around abundantly across Kenya , Uganda and Sudan . Lord Walter Rothschild died in 1937 and gifted the nation with his long-term collection to the natural History Museum and was one of the largest  private collections . Now this subspecies of Giraffe  are down in numbers to 670 overall . 450 are kept in zoos for protection and for breeding to increase on numbers . These particular Giraffes are on the endangered list and there is a fear they could become extinct through fear of there predators and poachers . These Giraffes are very rare now and prone to predators like leopards , lions , hyenas and wild dogs and crocodiles
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