BBC All About Animals

George the Giraffe (1x22)

Udgivelsesdato: Sep 16, 2015

This episode features George, a giraffe who lives with his family on the wide open grasslands of the East African savannah. George is one of a herd of Masai giraffes in Kenya. He is four weeks old, still a baby, but already two metres tall. He started life with a two-metre drop, but within 15 minutes he was up on his feet. Giraffes are the tallest animal in the world and males grow up to five metres tall. Amongst trees, they are well camouflaged and whatever the type, all giraffes love eating leaves. One giraffe can eat 34kg of leaves a day using a highly flexible tongue which is as long as a man's forearm and well suited to the job. However, having a long neck is not always easy as George finds out when he's learning to drink.