Not only was Clyde graceful, hungry and cool, but Clyde had a trick. I was taken by surprise by this trick, and little grossed out at the same time. He was so calm nibbling from my hand….

and then out of nowhere, he shows us this:

EWWWW!

I totally had no idea that a giraffe’s tongue is as long as my forearm….. and strong.  C. loved it !

Clyde literally curled his tongue around the food niblet in my fingers.  He used it kinda like the way an elephant uses its trunk.

I included this pic for the sole reason of D. sitting in the back.  Look at that poor boy’s face. Somebody had stomped his bad toe…..again.