Giraffe - The Facts
Do giraffe drink?
If given the chance - yes!
However, in the deserts of northwest Namibia and other arid environments, giraffe absorb the majority of their moisture from the night's condesation (and coastal fog) that gathers and is absorbed from the leaves during the much cooler nights – on over two-thirds of the year.
Where water is readily available giraffe will drink often daily with splayed forelegs and bent knees to enable their long neck to reach down to the water.
