Giraffes: The Forgotten Giants (2014) | Full Documentary
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- An exciting look at scientist trying to solve the last pieces of code about how giraffes communicate. Meet giraffes living in the wild in Africa and in captivity in North America, as well as the scientists who are tracing the life cycle of the grand animals from birth to death. #PBSAmerica #GiraffesTheForgottenGiants #Giraffes
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I love giraffes! We need to save them at all costs. Thank you for the video!
Don't have any children for starters.
I absolutely agree with you 💯 percent correct 🥰
I PRAY that we never lose them. Thank you Roxanne 💚💚💚
I finally found a video that’s up-to-date and has lots of information about giraffes. They are such beautiful and amazing creatures. I’ve been wanting to study them for a while and I was not able to find a good video until now.
Lots more info in books.
Giraffes are so cool & so cute. When i was little, we went to a zoo & a giraffe chewed up my little purse. I wasn't even upset; it was so cool to be up close to such a magnificent animal. To this day, i still love them! Thk u to those saving them. 🦒🥰
Africa is such a beautiful place that’s culturally rich, and has a great diversity of animal&plant life. I sure hope this continent doesn’t loose its’ wildlife charm!
And people
The animal life on this planet Earth is wondrous. Cherish and protect it at all cost. Animals are us. Just in different shape and form.
अद्भुत जानवर। प्रशंसक रहा हूँ। हमेशा जिज्ञासु। मेरी जेब से खाना पसंद करता है। सुरक्षात्मक प्रकृति में होना पड़ा। यह हमेशा मनुष्यों के लिए अनुकूल रहा है। बहुत मिलनसार है, आपकी तनख्वाह चबाना पसंद करता है, प्रकृति का भरपूर आनंद देता है। ज्यादातर एशिया प्रशांत
I've always loved giraffes, and found them to be so fascinating and beautiful. I had no idea their extinction number was at 80%. Thank God for these dedicated researchers and native peoples, who value and understand the fragility of these magnificently unique animals. Wish I had their eyelashes. :-) Terrific video; tku, PBS.
Find GCF - Giraffe Conservation Foundation - subscribe for amazing news of their work across Africa..:-).
And elephant eyelashes, too. Creation is amazing. :-)
Finally!!
I've wondered for years Why we hear so little about one of the rarest and biologically unique animals on our earth! They are so interesting, that I find it incredible and almost offensive that there's been so little knowledge and studies on their species.
Thanks to the few that Have cared enough to do something about it!!
Who doesn't Love giraffes?!
Thank you! ❤️🦒❤️🦒
Я В ВОСТОРГЕ ОТ ТОГО ЧТО СОЛУЧАЙНО ПОПАЛА НА ЭТОТ УДИВИТЕЛЬНЫЙ
КАНАЛ . ЭТИ УДИВИТЕЛЬНЫЕ ЖИВОТНЫЕ ЖИРАФЫ ОЧЕНЬ ГРАЦИОЗНЫ И КРАСИВЫ.
БЛАГОДАРЮ ЗА ОЧЕНЬ ИНТЕРЕСНЫЙ РОЛИК О ДИКИХ ЖИВОТНЫХ.
УДИВИТЕЛЬНОЕ ПРОИСХОДИТ В МИРЕ НЕ ТОЛЬКО С
ЛЮДЬМИ.... НО И С ЖИВОТНЫМИ ..... ОДНИ ЛЮДИ НАБЛЮДАЮТ ИХ ЖИЗНЬ В ДИКОЙ ПРИРОДЕ ИНОГДА РИСКУЯ СВОЕЙ ЖИЗНЬЮ . ДРУГИЕ ОПОЛОУМЕВ УНИЧТОЖАЮТ ЭТИХ КРАСИВЫХ ЖИВОТНЫХ В ЗООПАРКЕ ,НА ГЛАЗАХ У ДЕТЕЙ ....
БЛАГОДАРЮ ВАС ДРУЗЬЯ ЗА ДОБРОТУ И ЗАБОТУ О ЖИВОТНЫХ !👍❤🖐
True
Giraffes are my favorite animal on earth !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve always been fascinated with giraffes. I’m so very happy to hear they’re now on the radar.
Another beautiful documentary. Again you delivered very powerful viewing. Beautifully delivered stories about yet another on the brink of extinction species. It is so heart breaking. We are really losing it all....all the Natures gifts....I hope more ppl will become involved in spreading the message to gain more support for these absolutely amazing creatures...Africa would never be the same if they disappeared forever...
I really like this series. I like that it showcases the scientists studying the animals along with the animals themselves, it does not use strange gimmicks like to make them seem like exciting monsters and thing like Nat Geo has been putting out lately. I like that it is also showing animal human conflicts in a complex light. As someone who has lived in rural Africa this feels fair.
RE National Geographic
They are owned by Disney now, if that explains anything...
I have cancelled my subscription after MANY years of happy reading.
@amybettencourt3404 my family's done the same 😥 it's very sad, I grew up LOVING National Geographic
Any alternatives you can recommend?
Early on in chiropractic school, a teacher had us guess how many vertebrae were in a giraffe's neck. The answer was, "Seven... same as in a human." Years later, I attended an evening in non-violent communication. Two therapists sat side by side, each holding a large, cuddly-looking toy giraffe on their laps.
One therapist explained that, of all the earth's land animals, giraffes had the biggest hearts, and urged us to follow their lead. 😉
Culturally, 🦒🦒 have been regarded as a symbol of beauty or elegance here in Tanzania 🇹🇿, often appreciated by their long neck and the way they move.
I still think of them as ART!! They are so Beautiful!!!
mariej :: It was stupid of me to think I was the only one who liked to watch them walk. Incredibly majestic.
How do you have internet
@@JustTyFr open up your mind, it will widen the horizon of your knowldege
I wonder if they’re often struck by lightning being the tallest thing around.
An extraordinary documentary on giraffes. Congratulations to all the team. ❤❤❤
i love kenya am a kenyan come and see this huge animals
Fascinating giraffe research, beautiful, native peoples' attire, and I love the narrator's voice. Thank you for the free documentary, PBS!
Wow! Beautiful creatures….. they grieve about offspring just like humans! Truly, every animal and the nature around us so unique and All is due to Wisdom of an intelligent Designer, God!
Thank you so much for educating us….. so grateful for your passion!
Awesome video🥰 Much respect to all involved, especially the giraffes.
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From 2015, terrific documentary with moving, fascinating giraffe behaviors. 💓
Respect & admiration for conservationists & villagers working so hard to save them.🦒💫
Paz y luz 🦒🌍🦒💙🙏
This was wonderful giraffes are on my favs list. I don't think people are aware of this. blessings on you all and these amazing critters
Great video ! and thanks to highlight this concern regarding these beautiful creature the giraffe 🦒The communities must understand how valuable these creatures are for nature but also for the tourists industry, I am sure most people want to see these beautiful creatures 👌🏿so let’s do whatever we can to safe the giraffes 😊
Giraffes are indeed fascinating and totally unique unlike any other herbivore species.
Not one ad.. Thank you PBS
At 33, minutes, whose Giraffes? Oh my goodness me.
I Love Learning. Thanks for sharing, shared.
There's an amazing scene of two giraffe bulls "necking" in one of the BBC Planet Earth series (narrated by the great David Attenborough!). One of them got slammed so hard that he just toppled over, and his head hit the ground so hard you could hear the impact (they kind of showed his fall in slo-mo). He didn't move for a minute or two (I thought he might be dead), but then suddenly he raised his head, got up on his feet, and walked off as if nothing had happened! It was incredible🦒
This is my most favorite giraffe documentary so far
Wow beautiful creations of God thank you for your love of animals,planting more trees plants and fruits also ❤❤❤🕊🌎
There’s an enormous outdoor zoo in the south that you can drive hours through. With my window down, a giraffe stuck his whole head in looking for treats. My hand was full of them so he wrapped his tongue several times around my forearm and grabbed them from my hand as he pulled back. His tongue was black, dry, and felt like sand paper. It was amazing
I loved how everyone allowed themselves to let their emotions show, and I also noticed the genuine smiles of the researchers.
I hope they don’t go extinct - they are such beautiful, gentle, elegant creatures
Fantastic documentary! These researchers do extraordinary work, which shows us that there is much more to giraffes than we have known. It was fascinating to learn more about social behavior of giraffe.
There wonderful creatures are as MAGICAL as any unicorn..I PRAY we don’t lose them forever💫💚💥
Fascinating and very informative documentary! I was particularly intrigued to see how the body temperature changes and actually transfers from mother to baby! It did not surprise me at all to have the researchers realize that giraffes grieve. I have seen this in so many animal species and I do believe that it is a universal emotion. Not only do our domesticated animals grieve, sometimes for months at a time, but I have also observed it in many other species of wild animals. ALL animals are sentient beings! Thank you for this terrific film and for supporting this most unusual animal.
So beautiful with all ! We all thank you for your great work and love for the beautiful beings!
I adore Giraffes so very much ,always have and I've learned things here that I never knew about them .They're so unique and beautiful and so sweet and funny and it breaks my heart everyday that their numbers r dwindling so much and I pray that We will always have them on this planet and other animals too like Elephants but if We don't change so much of the behavior thats causes so many animals to be wiped out ,I don't know what the future holds .Thank God for people like these scientists and biologists that r doing to real work to keep them here .
Such lovely, graceful animals. Watching them prepare to drink is exceptionally beautiful. What a wonderful documentary.
They are beautiful animals. Very elegant!! Need more documentaries about these animals!!
Yes!! More awareness needs to be shared to save these beauties from the “silent extinction” as its being called. They are vital as one of earth’s keystone species ❤️🦒
Giraffes are absolutely stunning magnificent creatures. Love love. Love them they are beautiful! Thank you for sharing this video of their lives and getting to see them in their habitat ❤
I always loved nature and wild animals all my life,I have a daughter 22 year's old giraffes 🦒🦒 are her favorite animals and 18 years we always traveling around visiting zoo's recently,we just went to riverbanks zoo too hand feed them,it was great feeling ☺️
What an incredible film on giraffes! They have been some of my favourite animals for a very long time! Thank you David Suzuki for narrating this amazing film concerning biological research studies on giraffes. 🌳🦒
Giraffes is the most iconic and ideomatic symbol of diversity.
Love these majestic beauties.
I’m so glad that there are people dedicated to protecting these creatures. Thanks to all of u involved. 🙏
Ps. It may be frowned upon, but here in Thailand there are zoo’s with Giraffes. I was lucky enough to hand feed one there about 8-9years ago.
Incredible and powerful animals. I felt its neck press my arm against the railing and realised just how strong they are. The tongue was crazy long!!
Beautiful documentary. I always loved giraffes but even more now. Thank you.
Long neck = long vocal chords? And the fact that giraffes have survived in a continent with fierce predators as relatively slow-moving giants in small groups is impressive.
Fantastic documentary! I like the title because I, even as a retired science teacher, do not think about giraffes when thinking about wild animals in Africa. They are the forgotten animal. This documentary answered questions about giraffes that I hadn't even thought of! I now raise goats (Kikos), but I never thought about how many stomachs a giraffe would have. It is absolutely fascinating. Thank you for so much information.
Giraffes are such interesting animals that's why they are my favorite animal in the world!!!
Fantastic !!!! Beautiful beings. We must save them💗
Find GCF - Giraffe Conservation Foundation...subscribe for brilliant news - they work across Africa to safe them...
@@Nitka022I will. I spend most of my time in South Africa and Botswana. Thank you and your associates for all you do 🙏
So lucky to be able to go to Africa then.
The wildlife is few and far between now.
wow i never knew there were nine subspecies of girrafes
Me either. I knew of only 2!!😮
Never knew that either and it's hard to find any good videos on giraffe
Wonderful film, excellent narrative! Thank you all!
Giraffe is my favourite animal❤
We always hear here and there about these gentle giants, but it never really occured to me to learn more about them.
Anyone else start singing "John Jacob Jingle-Heimer Schmidt, that's my name too!" ??? NO? Just me, okay, lol! 🤣
What a wonderful Research documentary! There is a long love for wildlife and African Wildlife within me and I was fascinated about their communications. I do hope there are some breakthroughs for their communicating.
😂 that is a bizarre song this generation won't know 😂
Stunningly beautiful Animals giraffes 🦒 are my favourite how can you not love them ❤
They are sweetest and they should be saved in a big way
Thanku for all the wonderful work toward these beautiful animals. ❤❤
They're such beautiful and fascinating creatures.❤
Great study! Your making history for these magnificent animals! Be safe!
Amazing, I had no idea these gorgeous animals were struggling in numbers for survival😲
Hope this changes...Thank you for sharing,...Very educational🦒
Ok Kim ,did you have any idea there's three types of these gorgeous animals?
I thought he said there are 9 sub speices of giraffes??
Yes they’re a vital keystone species and are facing what many are calling a silent extinction so the more awareness that can be brought to these animals the better. Giraffe are truly incredible and every tower(what a group of giraffe are called) is important 🦒❤️
I'm fascinated about giraffes and wrote a short story about them! Thanks Nat Geo for sharing these beautiful videos
This was courtesy of PBS, not Nat Geo (they're both great, but credit where credit is due!)
BEAUTIFULLY, WONDERFULLY, GIRRAFFS 🦒🦒🦒🦒,GOOD LOVER ANIMALS ❤ IN SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦, 👉ZIKHOMO 🇿🇲🌍👌👍
Gosh this is so good...
I love watching documentaries about various animals and this is the first one I've seen about Giraffes. This documentary was really enjoyable and I learned more about Giraffes in 50 minutes than my previous 62 years.
God's Beautiful and Wondrous Creation ❤ 🦒🦒 ✝️
what a fascinating documentary...well done.
Thank you for this awesome documentary.
Naming the giraffes after local people to improve stake in the program is a stroke of genius.
This is a wonderful documentary honoring and educating us on these amazing and beautiful girraffe’s. Thank you
It's fascinating to think about giraffes, the gentle giants of the animal kingdom! Their unique height, fascinating patterns, and graceful movements always make for an intriguing subject. Giraffes have such a distinct place in our world's biodiversity, and it's always exciting to learn more about them. The more we understand about these amazing creatures, the better we can appreciate their role in the natural world. What a wonderful opportunity to explore and celebrate the beauty and mystery of these magnificent animals! 🦒✨
What amazing creatures!
Wonderful, if I didn't watch this episode I'd be left with remote information about Giraffes; I love their genetic patterns, posture as if they walk around with no care in the world even when lions or threats are relatively close, and ultimately because they are mammals which tend to be more attached to their offsprings.. Thanks for sharing your data, and Sanburu's community becuase mainly Giraffes belong to them.. Incredible culture, energy and documentary!
#PBSAmerica #Giraffes #TheForgottenGiants #SanburuCommunity #Culture #FullSpecial #Documentary #Kenya #Africa
#2023USA❤🧡💛💚💙💜
Awesome creature, Gd's creation
Giraff are so wonderful. Unique among the remaining Megafauna with hippos, rhinos and elephants not being so tall as graceful. I grateful to be alive while the are. Future generations may not be so blessed unless we keep them going.
About to read “West with Giraffes” & thought I’d watch a vid on them!
Grifaffs are just fascinating I love them they are a beautiful animal from God❤❤❤❤
giraffes are so considerate of others, even humans
So incredible. Just saw in Botswana
My favorite animals 😍
❤awesome creations. I Love Giraffes. UNIQUENESS !
This was fascinating!!!
Excellent video, very informative. Thank you
Thank you for this wonderful look into giraffes lives. ❤
Happy giraffes, how beautiful!! ☺️👍🦒🦒🦒🦒🦒😍❤️
Thanks to all you guys for the incredible work you are doing for us to see these animals in the future world❤
Giraffes are so beautiful. Would be amazing to see them up close like this
Many thanks
Hope giraffes wont get extinct❤
I love giraffes and elephants. Such beautiful, majestic creatures.
giraffes are amazing animals because they are smart . Is anyone with me if yes ad a reply and an like also i'm american
That was amazing....... To all who were involved in that video feel blessed
❤❤Thank you for your Research ,And the people That protects the wildlife!❤❤
PBS is such a great channel
ambition , smiles , doesnt equal care .care comes from an uncontaminated heart
Not sure what l appreciate most in this year 2024..Interesting gacts about Giraffes or...the , innocents and honesty that still exsist on this earth within humans...
Giraffes are so MODEST😘😘😘
This is amazing information! Amazing work those who work and been part of this project! Giraffes sound more awesome the more we learn about these beautiful animals. I am so happy there is a team and so forth working together to help these beautiful animals. And of course getting the information about them and ridding misinformation with true information about these animals is highly important! These animals are amazing and really beautiful special animals. :D Amazing documentary.
What do you call a journey of giraffes in the middle of the road? A giraffe can jam! Credit to Nathan at Jabulani Lodge!
This is my first Giraffe documentary that was made especially for Giraffe.. tha k you!❤❤❤
His face when giving the ultrasound 😂😂😂😂😂😂
giraffes are so buitifull, my dream one day is have a wild life tour of Africa one day. but I wont retire until im 90 years old, so I give my life to made a differents to love and proctect all wild animals of our world, god gave us these animals as a gift, so its ressponsbility to love and proctect them.
and the animal kingdom are our family also. and the human race and animal kingdom are one happy family. for get about wars and love and proctect our animal family.
Beautiful Giraffe 🦒🦒🦒 guys 👏🥰