Welcome to Fast Facts with Reasons for Hope!
I’m Carl Kerby, and we’re talking about the giraffe.
Remember, it takes over 600 pounds of muscles to make that long neck work! So, they must be crazy tired after holding their heads up all day long.
And I do mean all day long. Giraffes very rarely lay down. They only sleep for about 20 minutes a day, and they even give birth standing up! Talk about an “ironman!”
But, nope they don’t get tired! And the reason why is because they don’t use muscles to hold their neck up. They have a tendon that runs from the base of their skull all the way to where their tail begins.
That tendon holds their neck up, not muscles. They use their muscles to pull their heads down, not up.
When you see a giraffe lift their head after getting a drink, it almost seems to spring back up, and that’s because it is! The tendon is actually popping their head back up for them.
But wait, how do they survive getting a drink anyway? I hear you … you’re saying, “What do you mean?” Believe it or not, that’s a very important question.
So we’ll talk about it in the next Fast Facts with Reasons for Hope.
Until then … stay bold!
Carl Kerby is the founder of Reasons for Hope and co-creator of the DeBunked apologetic video series. His radio feature, Fast Facts, is heard weekly on VCY America, Saturdays at 9:25 AM Central.
