Saturday, August 20, 2011

Two by two, tongues of blue...


One of the more popular attractions at the Indy Zoo is the twice-daily opportunity to feed the giraffles.

(For those who didn't know, giraffles have tongues a foot long or so. And they're blue like a chow dog.)

BONUS!: Meta-giraffles!
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11 comments:

Joseph said...

I never realized Gene Simmons is part giraffe.

Hat Trick said...

I'm slightly frightened that I got the Firefly reference in your title.

An Ordinary American said...

Their tongues are also rough--like 50 grit sandpaper.

I have a great picture of a giraffe sticking his head in the covered truck at the Glen Rose Fossil Ridge wildlife preserve in Texas. My wife has a cup full of "giraffe treats" and those giraffes know all about them.

Cool animals. Real cool.

--AOA

TBeck said...

Many years ago I took my kids to the Lowry Park Zoo and we visited the giraffe exhibit. There was a box of multigrain crackers from hell sitting in the pavilion and the girls began eagerly feeding the giraffes. I stood, mesmerized, until an zoo employee approached and explained that the crackers were $2 a piece.

Ritchie said...

Stand-ins for the dinos, who were unavoidably detained.

Atom Smasher said...

Shiny!

Mad Saint Jack said...

Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys?

WV spese

og said...

I cannot wait for the pictures of the vervet monkeys, and the attendant caption!

Old NFO said...

Yep, Firefly here too :-)

North said...

I'm willing to bet that a significant number of gun bloggers are Firefly fans!

Anonymous said...

"I'm willing to bet that a significant number of gun bloggers are Firefly fans!"

Really?

Whatever gave you that impression?

;-)

Raver giraffes .. much better than space monkeys

Terry