00:00I'm traveling to Toro Camp in the Makalali Private Game Reserve to learn more about how
00:07people are protecting these gentle giants.
00:11I'm here at Toro Camp and I'm going to be meeting my friend Dr. Julian Fennessy.
00:26He is one of the leaders and directors of Giraffe Conservation Foundation.
00:31Hi Mr. Julian.
00:32Hi Brooke.
00:33How's it going, mate?
00:34Fine, thanks.
00:35Long time no see.
00:36Yeah, it's been a while.
00:37How's it going?
00:38Fine, thanks.
00:39Cool.
00:40So do you know what we're up to?
00:41A giraffe?
00:42We're going to go do some cool giraffe things.
00:45That's going to be so awesome.
00:46So we've got this giraffe skull here, Brooke, and we can see how big they are.
00:51Look at the size of that head compared to yours.
00:54It's so heavy.
00:56Look how huge this giraffe skull is.
00:59It's almost as big as my body.
01:01Almost.
01:02Look how big these horns are.
01:04Actually, while they look like horns, they're not.
01:06They're called ossicones.
01:07So when these giraffes are born, these ossicones are flat.
01:11And after a week or so, they start to pop up.
01:14That's amazing.
01:15Super cool, hey?
01:16That's so cool.
01:17What's happened to his front teeth?
01:19Have they all fallen out?
01:21No, giraffe are a ruminant, so as a result, they don't have any front teeth.
01:25What?
01:26So if you pick it up, it's heavy.
01:29So the giraffe grabs the leaves with its tongue, chops it off with the bottom teeth, as it has no top teeth,
01:35and then it mixes it more here before it goes down into its stomach.
01:38That's amazing.
01:40And we found out recently that there's four different types of giraffe in Africa.
01:45Wow.
01:46So if we want to save them, we need to know how many there are,
01:49where are they, and we've got some cool, super little toys.
01:54Mr Julian, what are these?
01:55These are GPS satellite tags for giraffe.
01:58They've never been used on any animal before in the wild.
02:01Wow.
02:02So what we're going to try to put it on is the ear, like a cattle tag,
02:06and we're going to give it a try on the tail.
02:09And it's going to tell us where these giraffes are moving, what are they doing.
02:13Guys, I've learnt a whole lot about this giraffe skull.
02:16We can tell that it's a bull because these ossicones are huge.
02:20Did you know that ossicones are different to horns?
02:23Animals with ossicones are born with them, and they have skin on the outside.
02:28And I've just learnt that they're ruminant.
02:31That means that they have no front teeth at the top.
02:34And that also means that they have four stomachs, just like a cow.
02:38Check, this is where his nose is.
02:40That's how he smells.
02:42And guys, look how big this big eye is.
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