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When eating, a giraffe uses its tongue and lips to grip leaves, then pulls its head back to strip the foliage from the branch before moving the food to the back of its mouth to be chewed.

Anyone who wants to can admire the animals as they stroll around the green meadow or spend time in their indoor enclosure.

They are the tallest land animals on Earth and live up to about 30 years. The Masai giraffe has a 20-inch-long tongue. They are found in the wild in central and southern Kenya and in Tanzania.

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The okapi tongue is long and prehensile, which means that it is capable of grasping things. They use it in conjunction with their lips, which are mobile and muscular.

But in the savannas of Africa, giraffe populations have plummeted — so much so that the U.S. government is moving to add many of these long-necked mammals to its official list of imperiled species.

Like the giraffe, the okapi uses its long, prehensile tongue to pluck leaves and buds from trees," the Cincinnati Zoo's website states.

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Giraffe tongues are longer and stronger than you probably expect. Check out these fun (and funny!) giraffe tongue pictures and learn some interesting tidbits about these wild animals.