This muddy puddle is the "water hole"

Before approaching the giraffes study carefully the bushes around


Same 7 cervical vertebrae but connected by ball-and-socket (spheroidal) joint thus much more flexible then ours

Deciding who drinks first and who stand watch

Strong esophageal peristalsis !

No clavicles !


"Hey !! Leave me some !!"

"Give me time. it is harder to drink when you are prego ! I am out of breath"



"Watching my reflection like Narcissus"









When giraffe drink they are harassed by ox-peckers, but they wont tolerate when the try to eat the cerumen from their ears. Cerumen consists of saturated, long-chain fatty acids and is presumably high in energy.






Messy drinker






Spilling off







