what sound do giraffes make?

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they must be able to make some sort of sound... i mean if you took scissors to those freakish antennae things, they'd have to do something... right?

Answer 1

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They make a very sad bellow-like sound that's like a really depressed cow. They only make it when they are really stressed or scared. I have heard it myself twice in my life, once during a restraint of a sedated giraffe in a zoo to trim hooves, and another in Africa when a capture team was restraining a sedated giraffe for transport. I have heard it several times on video of giraffe being killed by predators. I'm sure they probably make other noises that we can not hear. It's one of the most sad sounds I have ever heard.

By the way, those freakish antannae things are called "ossicones" "ossi-" meaning bones. They are like horns that don't grow keratin sheaths. I don't think you could cut them off with scissors! They are very hard!

Source(s): ex-zookeeper, ex-widlife capture team member in South Africa...now at vet

Answer 2

Do Giraffes Make Noise

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Answer 3

the belief that giraffes make no noise is simply a tall tale -- the animals can make a number of sounds.

Giraffes rarely make noises with their mouth, but when they do, they snort or moo.

A page from the Indianapolis Zoo confirmed this fact, and stated that giraffes can also make a "low, fluttering sound."

they are capable of frighteningly loud grunts and roars if they feel threatened.

Source(s): BKS

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what sound do giraffes make?

they must be able to make some sort of sound... i mean if you took scissors to those freakish antennae things, they'd have to do something... right?

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Answer 5

They don't have vocal chords but they have occasionally been known to rumble out a moo or two!

Source(s): Giraffe lover

Answer 6

Well, I don't know personally, but I would assume it would be difficult to type the noise.... Hmm...

Answer 7

they don't make any sounds, it seems wierd, but they do not have any vocal cords. if you cut off the horns, it would probably kill you.....

Answer 8

a high pitch squeak