A MyLot post that made me smile. I wonder if giraffes speak horse.
By The Horse
@TheHorse (216619)
Walnut Creek, California
December 18, 2022 12:30pm CST
I just read a cool post from Dr. Chatterji. In Thailand, they have an animal reserve where you can feed giraffes from the second floor of a structure there, built for humans.
I found myself wanting to sniff the noses of the giraffes and seeing if they would react as horses do. In horse language, if you sniff their nose and then gently pull away, they sense that you are friend not foe and will act amused by your gesture.
I wonder if it is the same with giraffes. What's your best guess?
I'll attach a link to Dr. Chatterji's post below.
The enclosures of animals in Safari world in Bangkok in Thailand are amazing. Travellers stand on the 1st floor. The giraffe in adjacent land stand on the...
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@lovebuglena (44203)
• Staten Island, New York
18 Dec 22
Not sure I’d feel comfortable being up close and personal with a giraffe.
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@TheHorse (216619)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Dec 22
@lovebuglena They're tall. Just duck.
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@lovebuglena (44203)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Dec 22
@TheHorse They may not eat us but I bet they can really hurt us if they bang into us.
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@TheHorse (216619)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Dec 22
@wolfgirl569 Eh, my neighbors are mostly Indians. No giraffes.
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@BarBaraPrz (46885)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
18 Dec 22
You can try it at your local zoo, I suppose.
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@BarBaraPrz (46885)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
18 Dec 22
@TheHorse They can bend down...
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@TheHorse (216619)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Dec 22
@BarBaraPrz I would enjoy that.
"They [i]can]/i] bend down..."
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@crossbones27 (49199)
• Mojave, California
18 Dec 22
How interesting. I might be to intimidated to do that to a horse let alone a giraffe. Look how big their heads are. Bigger than people. 
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@crossbones27 (49199)
• Mojave, California
18 Dec 22
@TheHorse I bet they can lick your face off though.
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@TheHorse (216619)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Dec 22
@crossbones27 Oh, I think they have pretty long tongues!
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@LindaOHio (174650)
• United States
19 Dec 22
We hand fed two giraffes a couple of years ago; and I was in giraffe heaven. The heads of the giraffes were IN OUR CAR and on my husband's lap. I would love to go to that place in Thailand! Feeding a giraffe was on my bucket list; but so is touching a giraffe which I haven't done yet. Have a good week.
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@TheHorse (216619)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Dec 22
@LindaOHio how could someone say "so what"?
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@LindaOHio (174650)
• United States
20 Dec 22
@TheHorse For me it was a really special experience. For someone else, they might say, "so what?". lololol
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@ptrikha_2 (46736)
• India
18 Dec 22
That is quite an interesting thing!
I think that some Giraffe traits could be the same as Horse's and others different.
But well, it's just a guess!
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@ptrikha_2 (46736)
• India
19 Dec 22
@TheHorse
It could be the truth but something for the Scientific folks to discover more!
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@RasmaSandra (78786)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Dec 22
You just might be right, I remember a long time ago at a zoo a giraffe was curious while my photo was being taken, It bent its neck down and its nose came up to my cheek, I could fell its breath and I patted its nose. The next thing I know the giraffe licks my entire cheek leaving me dripping and raises up its neck and calmly walks off, Either it just made friends with me or was trying to see if I made a good lunch
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