Our Giraffe Feeding presented by Chick-fil-A happens daily from 9:30am-2:30pm during the summer. A giraffe's foot-and-a-half long tongue can nimbly strip leaves and fruits from a branch. | Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

School's out for spring! On warmer days the zoo’s giraffes can be seen enjoying their outdoor African Plains habitat and Spring Break is the perfect time to see them. In this video, you can see why giraffes have few natural predators in the wild. Their speed, gait, and their deadly kick allows them to escape predators should they need to. Giraffes also have a unique way of moving, in which both the front and back legs on one side move forward together, then the other two legs on the other side m

You've seen how the giraffes start their morning, now take a behind the scenes look at how they start their day and move into the giraffe yard on a beautiful day like today ! (Watch to the end for a surprise) | Greenville Zoo

🌍🦒 It’s #WorldGiraffeDay! Did you know wild giraffe populations have declined by ~30% over the past 35 years, with only about 117,000 giraffe remaining across Africa? AZA zoos, like ours, are working with partners to fight this “silent extinction” — supporting conservation, education, and research to protect Earth’s tallest animal. Come out to Zoo Knoxville and visit JJ and Frances who are currently training to be fed by our guests and are getting braver and more comfrotable every day! You mig