Giraffe submerged to shoulders, expression unchanged, no visible distress.

Six labeled specimens occupy shallow water against a beige plate background titled Plate 17. Item 1, Castor fluctivagus, holds vegetation in forepaws beside a flattened tail; item 2, Giraffa aquatis, submerges its neck to shoulder depth; item 3, a squirrel with fanned tail, grips kelp above the waterline. Items 4 through 6 sit lower on the page: a white-faced rodent on rock, a standing bovine mid-flank in water, and a quilled animal beside breaking surf, with a distribution map, a field note box, and a key adaptations list occupying the bottom margin in equal-sized boxes.

Jul 23, 2026

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