Giraffe sleeping

Ok, wondering how giraffes sleep probably hasn’t kept you up at night. But, on the off chance it has — or if you’ve just stumbled upon this post out of curiosity — you’re about to discover how the tallest animal on the block catches some well-deserved sleep.

Duh! With its eyes closed, of course! Take a look at these cute photos of baby giraffes sleeping, using their own bodies as pillows for their heads, courtesy of their loooong necks (except the last one, whose head I think plopped to the ground in the sleep). Next question: Do they wake up with a giant crick in their necks? (Images: Imgur - via Lost at E Minor)...

Alf Alert!!! 8/6/2017 Today's cute picture shows just how relaxed Alf was, catching him getting ready for a nap. A giraffe, both in captivity and in the wild, are not big sleepers. Typically a giraffe will sleep for up to 4 hours a day. They can sleep both standing up and laying down although they don't tend to lay down for long periods of time.

ZooBorns delivers the newest, cutest baby animals born at the world's zoos & aquariums! ZooBorns builds awareness and support for conservation programs while it entertains.

Supposing for a second that animals were as obese as humans, these humourous pictures of fat and chubby creatures imagine a world where obesity was not just confined to over indulgent human's but included the animal kingdom too.

This is what a sleeping giraffe really looks like. Cutest zzz's we ever did see!

Here are a few interesting facts about the giraffes' sleeping/resting habits: 1. Giraffes don't need much sleep -- only about 30 minutes a day for an adult. 2. They split their sleep into naps of approximately 5 minutes at a time and they usually can't reach deep sleep. 3. Sometimes the young ones will turn their neck and rest their head on their back as if it's a pillow, while adults can -- sleep standing up. 4. When sitting down, they do so by folding their legs underneath their bodies.

Udderly ridiculous!

Last fall we showed you how an emu sits. Today we answer the question of where a giraffe puts its head when it sleeps. In all of the internets I could only find three images of sleeping giraffes, and you have now seen them all. This makes you an expert - very useful if/when you take small children to a zoo... (Image credits here, here (gr1234), and here).