What you didn’t know about some of the most curious, cautious creatures at Nashville Zoo

We have a tower of four females here at the Nashville Zoo, and we have Masai giraffe.

“What’s really fun is that giraffes actually learn from watching their elders.

“They actually sleep standing up, and they actually sleep only an average of 30 minutes per day.

At Nashville Zoo the Masai giraffe are part of the Species Survival Plan breeding program.

Tennessee was granted statehood June 1, 1796. As part of News 2’s year-long project celebrating our state’s birthday, we’re taking a closer look at the people, places and events that have shared Tennessee.

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