Facts about giraffes

My daughter is a huge fan of giraffes.  She has her own little stuffed giraffe that she takes everywhere she goes.  She makes noises for her giraffe and makes it "talk" but do giraffes really make sounds?  Have you ever heard one make noise?

It took a while, but I found a video on youtube by Myth Crew.  Some interesting facts about giraffes:

• they can get up to 18 feet tall
• their heart is about 25 pounds, which is a little over 2 gallons of milk jugs together size
• their tongue is about a foot and a half long so they can reach food at high places
• they can either bend their knees or spread their front legs apart so they can reach down to drink water
• they can't keep their head down low for very long because it will make their blood pressure drop and make them pass out.
• they have the same number of bones in their neck that all mammals have

So do they make sound?  Check out myth crew for more interesting facts and find out for yourself!

If you don't want to watch youtube, I'll spoil the surprise for you........

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Baby giraffes will make a moaning like sound to find their mother.  This proves that giraffes have vocal cords and can make sound to communicate.  In this video, the zoo keepers corner a baby giraffe for a checkup and the baby giraffe just wasn't liking it.  However, once giraffes become adults, they "choose" not to use their vocal cords.  They use their bodies to communicate.

So there you have it.