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Stephen wrote:
> I seem to remember the baby giraffe's tongue (4 weeks old) was very pointed,
> like a spear point. It was over 10 years ago but still a vivid memory.
http://darren.s3.amazonaws.com/Giraffe7.jpg
It's pretty pointy, but given the tongue itself is a foot or more long, it's
hard to say whether it's pointy per se.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!
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Of course, the really worrying thing about a giraffe is that it can
apparently eat bushes encrusted with murderous spines without any injury...
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On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:06:36 -0700, Darren New <dne### [at] san rrcom> wrote:
>Stephen wrote:
>> I seem to remember the baby giraffe's tongue (4 weeks old) was very pointed,
>> like a spear point. It was over 10 years ago but still a vivid memory.
>
>http://darren.s3.amazonaws.com/Giraffe7.jpg
>
>It's pretty pointy, but given the tongue itself is a foot or more long, it's
>hard to say whether it's pointy per se.
I had the good fortune (I think) to be able stand beside it and stroke it. It
had been rejected by its mother and was being hand reared by the zoo keepers.
Interesting fact, the keeper who was acting as "mother" was only four foot ten
with her hands in the air and had to stand on a bale of hay to feed it. Also its
eyes were the biggest brownest eyes that I have ever seen.
Aww! :)
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Regards
Stephen
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Stephen wrote:
> I had the good fortune (I think) to be able stand beside it and stroke it.
The tongues are actually exceptionally slimey. :-) Or maybe that was just
because they were drooling because we were feeding them.
Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Of course, the really worrying thing about a giraffe is that it can
> apparently eat bushes encrusted with murderous spines without any injury...
That's because they use their tongues to pick the leaves, much like you
could pick berries off a holy bush without too much trouble.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!
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Speaking of giraffes, I LOLed.
http://magazinely.com/pics/very-sad-pic
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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Darren New wrote:
> Speaking of giraffes, I LOLed.
> http://magazinely.com/pics/very-sad-pic
Question: Do giraffes have stereo vision?
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On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:20:40 -0700, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>The tongues are actually exceptionally slimey. :-) Or maybe that was just
>because they were drooling because we were feeding them.
I can't remember but the one I saw had not been weaned.
LOL at the image.
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Stephen
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