A newborn giraffe can find its feet—after a little stumbling around—in mere minutes. | National Geographic

#DYK giraffe do not require much sleep? Giraffe generally sleep between 20 minutes and 2 hours a day in short spurts. The reason for the short spurt power napping is because they have to watch for predators in the wild. They can sleep laying down or standing up; however you rarely find giraffe laying down in the wild. Sleeping while laying down makes them extremely vulnerable to predation and laying down/getting up is a slow process. Forrest (in front) and Chui (laying down in back) are comforta

262K views · 7.1K reactions | Baby giraffes can walk within an hour of being born - but that doesn't mean there aren't some wobbles along the way. This video was taken by a keeper when the baby was just an hour old. | Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden | Facebook