I visitatori di un parco di uccelli selvatici sono rimasti sconvolti dalla scoperta di una giraffa che incombe su di loro - fino a quando un esame più attento rivela un albero di tasso rivestito di edera con una strana somiglianza con l'animale gigante. L'albero, a lungo morto, fa parte del paesaggio al Wildfowl e Wetlands Trust a Arundel, Sussex occidentale e ha avuto bird-watchers raggiungere per i loro binocoli in incredulità alla forma strana. Larry Holdsworth di Brighton ha detto:'' vengo alle zone umide per vedere le anatre e altri uccelli come i Martin pescatori sul fiume Arun, ma per un secondo ho pensato che si fosse trasformato in uno zoo. I co

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Visitors to a wildfowl park have been shocked to discover a giraffe looming over them - until a closer examination reveals an ivy-clad yew tree with an uncanny resemblence to the giant animal. The tree, long dead, forms part of the scenery at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Arundel, West Sussex and has had bird-watchers reaching for their binoculars in disbelief at the strange shape. One twitcher, Larry Holdsworth of Brighton said:'' I come to the wetlands to see the ducks and other birds like kingfishers on the River Arun, but for a split-second I thought it had turned into a zoo. I could not believe my eyes. ''Only when I had a closer look did I realise I was looking at a tree. For a moment I thought I would be going home to tell my wife a tall story about a giraffe on the loose.'' The 62 acres of wetlands, one of nine areas created by the famous naturalist Sir Peter Scott, is more famous for its rare ducks and geese and, at this time of year, migrating swallows and sand martins. Marketing manager Patricia Warren admitted nature can play some funny tricks but was not prepared to stick her neck out over the giraffe-like tree. '' Last winter some people were being fooled by the shape of some ice on the water, which looked just like a swan, but a giraffe tree is a bit different.'' Ends pic mike walker, Mike Walker Pictures, 2014