Spirit Guide of the Day is Giraffe! Don't give up! Now is a time to keep that chin up and have faith in trusting your gut. You may have to reach a bit for your goal, but success is possible! Don't act too hastily in this, though, but keep focuses on opportunities coming up on the horizon. Make sure to spend some social time with friends and family, particularly working on your listening skills as well as being clearer in your professional and personal communication. People who connect with Giraffe have great sight, able to foresee dreams, visions, ideas, or signs from around them. These individuals are effective communicators largely because of their ability to listen, enjoying casual events more than fancy affairs, and are willing to reach out for something in spite of any risks. They often have an easy time balancing spiritual and material world views.

The Giraffe, Giraffa Camelopardallis, is the world's tallest mammal. These herbivores tower at up to 19 feet tall and can weigh up to 2,800 lbs with a life span of 25 years. A Giraffe's legs can be taller than most humans at around 6 feet in height. These amazing legs enable them to run short distances at 35 miles per hour and keep up a more leisurely run of 10 miles per hour for much longer distances. Due to this incredible height, a Giraffe's heart is huge, weighing around 25 pounds in order to pump blood all the way through its body and into its brain. They also possess unusually elastic blood vessels containing a series of valves that help to offset any sudden build-up of blood when its head is raised or lowered. This helps to prevent any sort of fainting. They were believed to only have one species with multiple subspecies, such as the reticulared Giraffe and the Rothschild's Giraffe, but a recent study in 2016 revealed possible genetic differences that could point to up to four different distinct species of giraffe. These creatures reside in Africa, where they prefer to roam grasslands and savannas in groups of approximately 6. Male Giraffe, Bulls, are known to battle fiercely with each other by swinging their long necks with an impressive force to pummel their opponents. Their diet consists of leaves and buds at the tips of trees where other creatures can't reach, preferring meals from Acacia trees. Their tongue is as specialized for this task as their necks, reaching 21 inches long and able to curl around branches easily to collect their meal. Like cows, they regurgitate their food and rechrew it into a substance called cud for better digestion. A single giraffe can eat hundreds of pounds of leaves each week, although they can survive with very little water. Drinking is a dangerous act for a Giraffe, needing to spread their legs and bend in an awkward position that leaves them vulnerable to predators. To adapt to this, they need to drink only once every several days, instead gaining the majority of their water from the plants they eat. Birth comes with a bit of a rough fall, as the mother giraffe will give birth standing. This means the infant must fall up to 5 feet at birth. Although rough, these quickly growing animals can stand within half an hour and begin running easily alongside their mother only ten hours after birth. They can grow as much as an inch a day and by 6 months old they are nearly entirely independent. This adaptation is necessary for the young to keep from becoming prey. While a Giraffe is rarely attacked by predators, a young one can be picked off by predators such as leopards, hyenas, and lions.