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===Exploitation=== Giraffes were probably common targets for hunters throughout Africa.<ref name="Kingdon1988" />{{rp|337}} Different parts of their bodies were used for different purposes.<ref name="Dagg1971" /> Their meat was used for food. The tail hairs were [[flyswatter]]s, bracelets, necklaces, and threads. Shields, sandals, and drums were made using the skin, and the strings of musical instruments were from the tendons.<ref name="Dagg1971" /><ref name="Kingdon1988" />{{rp|337}} In [[Buganda]], the smoke of burning giraffe skin was traditionally used to treat nosebleeds.<ref name="Kingdon1988" />{{rp|337}} The [[Humur|Humr]] people of [[Kordofan]] consume the drink Umm Nyolokh, which is prepared from the [[liver]] and [[bone marrow]] of giraffes. [[Richard Rudgley]] hypothesised that Umm Nyolokh might contain [[N,N-Dimethyltryptamine|DMT]].<ref>Rudgley, Richard ''The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances'', pub. Abacus 1998 {{ISBN|0 349 11127 8}} pps. 20β21.</ref> The drink is said to cause hallucinations of giraffes, believed to be the giraffes' ghosts, by the [[Humr]].<ref>{{cite journal|author=Ian Cunnison|title= Giraffe hunting among the Humr tribe|journal=[[Sudan Notes and Records]]|volume=39|year=1958}}</ref>
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