Giraffes are amongst the most highly rated animals to see whilst on safari in Africa, but what exactly makes them so special? Well here are some interesting giraffe facts:

A baby giraffe, known as a calf, is born with the mother giraffe standing up, this means that the poor baby has a 6-foot drop to the floor to make its dramatic arrival! It will then get up and walk within five or so minutes.

All giraffes have a blue tongue! This tongue is about 50 cm long and is cable or reaching and stripping leaves of high branches to give the giraffes the best nutrition.

Giraffes have special veins in their neck which have valves in them that control the blood flow so that they can lower their head to drink without passing out. They don’t need to drink often and can live matters of weeks without drinking water! Pretty impressive and very useful in Africa’s dry season.

But don’t expect to hear much from giraffes whilst on safari as they are naturally very quiet animals and tend not to cry out to each other unless distressed.

Defiantly one to see the giraffe truly is one of Africa’s greats!