Sep. 1, 2009 - Giraffe's
We headed to the zoo with some friends to focus our study on one of God's glorious creations, the giraffe.
The world's largest mammal is quite interesting. A special on PBS recently found that these social animals are not silent or limited to bleating, hissing and coughing. They actually communicate using infrasound, not audible to the human ear.
Also interesting is the maneuver they must pull to drink water in the wild. Bending over like the above picture makes them vulnerable to predators. Because of this they drink 3-4 gallons at a time and eat acai leaves, which contain a lot of water. This allows them to go several days between drinking.
A cool pair of glasses that allowed the kids to experience what it's like to see like a giraffe.
Intently checking out the giraffe hide.
The kids drew while we talked about some giraffe facts. This is Mason's artwork.
Comments
Sep. 6, 2009 - Giraffes
Posted by Anonymous
Very, very interesting!
