{"id":2790,"date":"2013-04-25T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/wrdprs\/?p=2790"},"modified":"2017-08-14T23:09:49","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T05:09:49","slug":"pic-of-the-week-april-26-2013-giraffes-okavango-delta-botswana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/pic-of-the-week-april-26-2013-giraffes-okavango-delta-botswana\/","title":{"rendered":"“Pic of the Week”. April 26, 2013. Giraffes, Okavango Delta, Botswana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Giraffes are almost as entertaining as elephants. Seemly awkward with their thin spindly legs, halting gait and l-o-n-g necks, they have a gentle nature that I find appealing. A few interesting facts about giraffes:<\/p>\n

– They are the tallest terrestrial mammal, standing 5-6 m. (16-20′), with males weighing up to 1500 kg (3500 pounds). Baby giraffes are born almost 2 meters (6′) tall!<\/p>\n

– They have long purple tongues — long enough with which to touch their ears. Scientists think their tongue is colored to help protect it from sunburn. Giraffes eat 35 kg of vegetation a day, virtually all torn off by their purplish tongues.<\/p>\n

– They sleep only 30 minutes a day! If they were lawyers, that would leave them almost 24 hours in which to bill (actually they would likely bill for more than 36 hours a day if they were lawyers!)<\/p>\n

These photos were taken in the Botswana’s Okavango Delta, a beautiful oasis filled with lots of wildlife, including large numbers of giraffes. You can read more about it here<\/a> if you’re interested.<\/p>\n

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Giraffes are almost as entertaining as elephants. Seemly awkward with their thin spindly legs, halting gait and l-o-n-g necks, they have a gentle nature that I find appealing. A few interesting facts about giraffes: – They are the tallest terrestrial mammal, standing … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88889,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1,9,31,69],"tags":[1002,246,117,118],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2790"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88889"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2790"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26961,"href":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2790\/revisions\/26961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}