Umbrella Thorn Acacia - The Serengeti umbrella

Equally fascinating as the wildlife you see in the Serengeti National Park, are the trees. There are hundreds of species of trees, the brightly colored Fever trees , the Sausage tree, But the ones that really stick out, are the thorny acaci

as. Since they can't move, they've adapted to defend themselves in amazing ways. The clever thing about the Umbrella Thorn Acacia you see pictured here, is that it has sharp threatening thorns on the outer branches to stop giraffes snacking on them, but the inside branches are actually soft and green.