Another fact of interest is that giraffes have prehensile lips. That is how they can get around acacia thorns to eat the tender leaves. I cannot thank you enough for answering my question! My daughter asked me when she was three what sound a giraffe made and I could not find out! She's now nearly eleven! Marine Biology. Electrical Engineering. Computer Science. Medical Science. Writing Tutorials. Performing Arts. Visual Arts.
Student Life. Vocational Training. Standardized Tests. Online Learning. Social Sciences. Legal Studies. Political Science. Welcome to Owlcation. GA Anderson is a freelance writer for private and commercial publishing platforms. Related Articles. But a giraffe? This was a conundrum. The wildlife truth can never be found in a zoo so I set my eyes on the Serengeti.
There I would find the great wildebeest migration , and, along the way, record the sounds of giraffe. I even purchased a handheld audio recorder for the journey. Unfortunately, I was on a strict budget and the tour guide was useless. We broke down besides a pride of lions which cost one day. The following day the guide was so lost in his phone he almost trampled a giraffe tower.
It felt like when I was a child and had done something wrong. The Serengeti is an enormous place and vehicles must stay on the trails.
Giraffe were always visible upon the horizon. Every evening their poetic frames turned to silhouette against the setting sun.
Maybe I was paranoid but it seemed that the giants were watching me with suspicion. Unable to get close enough I started asking different guides, but the answers came in similes and maybes. Every single guide made up a different sound, from clicks to chomps to question marks. Then I found out. A dazzling giraffe crossed the trail in front of me and met my eye. To this day I am certain that this giraffe winked at me although one week in the Serengeti wilderness did detach me from everyday reality.
In that single glance I knew. I had my confirmation from an old Masai tribesman in Ngorongoro a few hours later. This was his reply to my question, what sound does a giraffe make. Giraffe, my friend, are silent animals. Quite apart from the brilliant fact that he counted his age by the number of rainy seasons, the answer was so obvious I felt stupid.
Of all the giraffe sounds I had made and heard from others, the simple truth was something else: silence. I have followed giraffe sounds with keen interest. Note, it is true that giraffe very occasionally make a short snort or grunt , possibly when threatened.
Facebook Twitter Email. Scientists finally know what sound a giraffe makes. Arden Dier Newser staff. Other species with this kind of social system such as elephants and buffalo are strong vocal communicators, which is thought to be crucial in maintaining group cohesion. Clearly, resolving this question requires a more thorough investigation of giraffe vocalisations, one that systematically searches for audible patterns that might represent forms of communication.
It is exactly such a project that Dr Stoeger and her team undertook in their research, the results of which are published today in BMC Research Notes. The researchers collected data from giraffes in three zoos in Berlin, Copenhagen and Vienna. Hundreds of hours of audio recordings were made of these giraffes, mostly recorded indoors at night, but also including recordings gathered outdoors during daylight hours. The team then analysed these recordings, searching for acoustic structures that resembled possible communications.
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