Giraffe eggs?
I recently had guests visiting South Africa for the first time.
This was their first “safari” ever… we were driving down the road and bumped into a giraffe.
I was explaining to them all the bits and pieces… until I got a question…
“does a giraffe lay eggs”?
I was shocked, and I immediately told them, no they are mammals.
A question like that always makes me laugh….
Like the question I had about two weeks ago, “if leopards live in trees, how do you see their tracks?”
When you have been exposed to the bush and the wildlife, and had the opportunity to grow up in Africa, you take it for granted.
We laugh about silly questions like that.
But, when you actually think about it…. we had the opportunity and the exposure to most of these animals from a very young age.
We should be grateful to be living in such an awesome place, and that we have learned from a young age that giraffe doesn’t lay eggs…. that they are mammals. And that they give birth to live young. And while there are a few giraffe babies at the moment, that we should look at them with new eyes… and appreciate the fact that there isn’t two meter eggs lying around in the bush.
Many thousands of people have been watching and waiting for April the giraffe to give birth to her baby. A “yolk” came up about giraffes laying eggs. We now even have a group. It came about from some who were watching an Eagle baby hatch. It’s gotten much attention and given us all something to giggle over. I shared your article with the group because I thought that your closing sentence about about having 2m eggs lying in the bush was just perfect!!!
Probably an American asks those questions. By the way, I’m American…
Odd that they are able to have the recourses to come halfway around the world to be at Kapama, but simple knowledge of a 1st grader alludes them.
Love Kapama! I’m planning to come back soon.