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AI illustration of a red-billed oxpecker perched beside a giraffe's ossicone. This is not a photograph from the playback study. — AI-generated editorial illustration

This giraffe has bird notifications on.

Wild giraffes stopped feeding after hearing oxpecker alarms. They stayed watchful longer at the study’s lion-inhabited reserve.

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AI illustration of a giraffe looking at two small piles of carrot pieces on a wooden ledge. This is a food-choice metaphor, not the study apparatus. — AI-generated editorial illustration

Can giraffes count in their heads?

Four zoo giraffes often chose the larger hidden portion after watching carrots being added. Whether they counted individual pieces remains an open question.

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AI illustration of a giraffe eating leaves, its face framed by dark foliage. The experiment used carrots and zucchini at Barcelona Zoo. — AI-generated editorial illustration

Your snack has a statistics problem.

Four giraffes favoured samples from mixtures with a higher proportion of carrots, even when both containers held the same number of carrots.

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