It sort of feels inappropriate to write about zoo animals at a time when this election concluded the way it did and the rest of world is a place of violence and heartbreak as well. Nontheless, I am in agreement with Grace Paley: Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world. And if that includes having a few moments of pleasure looking at extraordinary beings, so be it.

 

 

Here are facts you always wanted to know about giraffes  😉

 

 

Baby Giraffes can stand within half an hour and after only 10 hours can actually run alongside their family. (Just think of how much that saves your back when not carrying offspring around for 3 years….)

Giraffes spend most of their lives standing up; they even sleep and give birth standing up. I guess folding those legs requires too much effort….)

Giraffes only spend between 10 minutes and two hours asleep per day. They have one of the shortest sleep requirements of any mammal. (That is something I envy, needing between 9-10 hours to be an approximately tolerable human being in the morning…)

I think mascara ads should use giraffes, personally.

And none of their spots are ever alike: