fun facts about girrafe

"Did you know a giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue"

One part of a giraffe's body that you may not know much about, however, is the tongue.

much like their necks, giraffe tongues are exceptionally long mearing between 18 and 20 inches long.they are also much like prehensile, which means #giraffes# have fine-tuned muscular control over it.this allows them to grasp and pull leaves and also be able to clean their ears.

because their main vegetation of choice is acacia thorny giraffe tongues are equipped with thickened papillae and thick saliva to protect their mouths.
and the tongues dark purplish color its meant to prevent sunburn because giraffe spends the vast majority of their day sticking their tongues out to grass shoots and leaves.
#tanzafaritours#