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.
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