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Photo - Topiary Giraffe at Green Animals Topiary Garden, Rhode Island

The giraffe is the tallest of the 21 Green Animals. He presides over the Formal Garden, which is also home to a camel, elephant and lion. These four topiary animals were started in 1912 in a nursery on the property and moved to their present locations in 1917.

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