Zookeepers at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo are preparing to
throw a housewarming party for the giraffes as they move into their
brand new home - complete with custom-built, high level viewing
platform.
The exciting new Giraffe Heights exhibit includes a revamped barn and
a nine foot high viewing platform which will bring visitors
face-to-face with Whipsnade's giraffes for the very first time.
To
celebrate the opening of Giraffe Heights, keepers will be dishing up
their favourite treats in giant wicker teacups and making them their
very own party food - frozen carrot and cabbage cupcakes. And as no
housewarming party is complete without a gift, they will be sticking to
tradition by providing the group with hanging baskets to spruce up their
enclosure.
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo's brand new Giraffe Heights viewing
platform opens to the public on Friday 25 October, just in time for
October half term, giving visitors the chance to come face-to-face with
the world's tallest mammal.
The platform will allow up to 300
people at a time to see more than ever before of the Zoo's reticulated
giraffes, with views across the entire paddock and into the newly
extended giraffe barn.
Daily talks on the viewing platform will
give visitors an insight into the lives of the Zoo's tallest residents,
revealing fun facts including why they have such long necks.
Whipsnade is home to five reticulated giraffes - one-year-old Jengo, dad Uno, mum Ijuma, Ina, and Savannah.
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