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About the Giraffe
Giraffe is an institution located at 1 Government Drive in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The institution focuses on giraffes, highlighting their unique characteristics such as their long necks, great eyesight, and protective nature towards their young. Giraffes are known for their tall stature, with adult males reaching heights of 16 to 18 feet and females slightly smaller at 14 to 16 feet. Due to their height, they have minimal competition for food and are able to spot predators from afar.
Giraffes have a gestation period of about 14 months and typically give birth to one calf, although twins are rare. Mother giraffes are affectionate and protective towards their offspring, forming nursery groups with other mothers and calves. The Reticulated Giraffe population is declining, with the species facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
The Saint Louis Zoo supports three female giraffes and participates in the Species Survival Plan for giraffes, a collaborative breeding program aimed at ensuring the survival of the species. The institution also works to save threatened species in the wild through conservation efforts in the Horn of Africa. Visitors to the institution can observe giraffes, along with other animals like lions, tigers, and zebras, coexisting in a natural habitat at Red Rocks. Spend a day at Giraffe to learn more about these majestic creatures and their conservation efforts.
Reviews of Giraffe
"Who doesn’t love giraffes??? They are so amazing. In my book giraffes get 10 stars. My 4 star review is for the behind the scenes tour. The website says the behind the scenes tour is 45 min. Our tour time was 1015, and we met our tour guide at 1005. Instead I’d walking directly to the giraffes, we crisscrossed through the zoo. He did tell us some very interesting information about the buildings and where to find some neat animals. We spent a lot of time looking at the big cats. We arrived at the giraffe house at 1040. The giraffes were not outside due to enclosure updates and maybe the weather. We went inside where the keeper told us the rules of the interaction, and how to feed them. We each got a whole head of romaine lettuce. We spent time feeding the giraffes and taking photos. The giraffes were very sweet, and seemed to enjoy the interaction. The tor was done by 1105. So our time with the giraffes was just 25 min. While the keeper told us a bit about each of the giraffes personalities, we didn’t learn anything about giraffes as a species, how they interact in the wild, what they eat, etc. It seemed rushed and it was a lackluster tour. In comparison, when we went to see the Asian elephants, there happened to be a member of the zoo staff standing at the exhibit. We got so much more information about the elephants in a short 5 minute convo, than we did during our behind the scenes tour that we paid for."
"Great views of the giraffes! There’s an ostrich hanging out with them too!"
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