Browsing Reticulated Giraffes
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
Kenya
East Africa
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Herd of giraffes enjoying some leaves off of the acacia trees. Their tongue is eighteen inches long and prehensile. They use their tongue as one would a hand to grab at the leaves. Their tongue is also slimy feeling and coated with saliva to slide over the thorns on the tree as they eat. One of the things I learned about giraffes is that they have seven vertabrae in their necks, the same number we do, and their heads can weigh as much as twenty-five pounds.
Browsing Reticulated Giraffes
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
Kenya
East Africa
Click on Image to Enlarge.
Herd of giraffes enjoying some leaves off of the acacia trees. Their tongue is eighteen inches long and prehensile. They use their tongue as one would a hand to grab at the leaves. Their tongue is also slimy feeling and coated with saliva to slide over the thorns on the tree as they eat. One of the things I learned about giraffes is that they have seven vertabrae in their necks, the same number we do, and their heads can weigh as much as twenty-five pounds.