Do giraffes make any kind of vocalization or noise?
We thought we’d read somewhere that giraffes did not have voice boxes and weren’t capable of producing any vocalizations, but we decided to search the Net and see if this was true. We typed “giraffes make noise” into the Yahoo! search box and looked to see what we could rustle up. Although we did find a page or two that claimed the animal makes no noise at all, we found many more zookeepers, veterinarians, and other animal experts who debunked this popular misconception. On a page from Discovery Magazine.com, a kids’ magazine devoted to science, a young reader echoed your question. The resident expert consulted with a zoo vet and learned that although giraffes are generally quiet animals, they can make a bleating sound, similar to that of a young calf or sheep. A page f
