Giraffe feedings!

I personally love helping with giraffe feedings!  Mainly because it is awesome to stand with a giraffe and feed it crackers to make sure it does not leave before the next person comes to feed.  I get to stand with Tessa the 5 year old female giraffe at the zoo.  Occasionally she licks my arm or shirt trying to get to the bucket of crackers in holding.  I also give crackers to people as they come up to feed and make sure they stay away from the railing and not trying to touch the giraffe.  Occasionally I help with pictures by holding a cracker up so Tessa will stick out her tongue and people can have that in their background.  We also count how many people come through the feedings and make sure no one comes in through the exit.  


At the zoo 1 cracker is sold for a dollar and can be fed to 1 of our giraffe.  We feed them rye crackers as a part of their diet.  Right now we do these feedings 2 times a day since its after labor day, but before labor day it was 4 times a day.  It is a big thing at the zoo for the visitors and its really fun to see how excited people get about feeding them or even just seeing them up so close.  I understand because I still get excited to help out.

Tessa