Did you know that a giraffe’s tongue can reach up to 18 inches in length! Their tongues are prehensile, meaning they are adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around. They use their tongues to grab nutritious leaves and shoots from trees. Giraffes require a lot of food, up to 75 lbs per day! Because they require so much food, they need to spend most of their day eating. It’s believed that their tongues are purplish black to protect them from the hot sun. In this video from Keepe

Giraffes tongues are 45-55cm long! Enjoy this slow motion video of Kebibi doing what she does best…. Eating! Giraffe use their long and strong tongues to wrap around branches to collect leaves. | Hunter Valley Wildlife Park

Did you know a giraffes tongue can be up to 55cm long? Since giraffes spend up to 12 hours eating a day, their tongues are a little darker which is because of the melanin which acts as a natural sunscreen protecting their tongues from sunburn! Their tongues have thickened papillae which are the small bumps found on most tongues. This tough layer helps protect their tongues from cuts and scrapes while they graze and allows them to eat from thorny trees. Learn bushlore from the best at Africa on F