But when beaten by the heat, giraffes must join their fellow beasts at the watering hole. Being tall, it's tricky.
In this pose, the pressure is quite literally on. Pumping blood all the way up to its head takes a powerful heart.
It beats up to 170 times a minute. That's twice as fast as ours. This huge blood pressure, the highest of any mammal, should give a drinking giraffe a bad head rush,
but instead, a clever system of valves regulates blood flow to the brain. The giraffe controls blood pressure so well that NASA has taken inspiration from these humble Goliaths for the design of its spacesuits.
It seems this big beast can even teach us a thing or two.
