Australia: 12-year-old giraffe declared world's tallest by Guinness World Records

A 12-year-old giraffe named ‘Forest’ at an Australian Zoo in Queensland has been houred with title of  world’s tallest giraffe, standing at 5.7 m (18ft 8in) by Guinness World Records. In a blog post on its official website, authorities wrote that towering as tall as “stack of four MINI cars from ground” Forest is a statuesque specimen among Australian male Giraffes or ‘Bulls’ that can measure between 4.6 and 5.5 m (15–18 ft).  

Our sweeart Forest has officially made it into Guinness World Records for being tallest living giraffe! We are so proud of our towering guy; he has such a wonderful heart—Zoo member Bindi Irwin wrote in a post on Facebook.

Furr, she urged public to visit Giraffe on ir next trip to zoo. Australia Zoo's Kat Hansen reportedly said that Forest was born in Auckland Zoo as part of regional breeding program. She added that re were nine such classified subspecies of giraffe which are vulnerable to extinction, and important for  genetic diversity, as per local media reports. She was quoted as saying that Forest arrived at Australia Zoo when he was two years old and a "lot smaller" in height than he is today. She added, 12-year-old giraffe, far of 10 calves, was still growing up.  

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Staff created 'special' measuring pole

According to  Guinness World Records’ statement,  giraffes grew up to a height of 4.6 metres to 5.5 metres generally. However, Forest’s height was unique due to immense training and conditioning at zoo. “Forest stands head and shoulders above or two giraffes at park, Kebibi and Gigi, where he is only male in herd,” Guinness’ statement read. “Staff had to create a specially marked measuring pole and rig it close to a hay dispenser in giraffe house,” it furr added. “It n took several months to capture video and photos that Guinness World Records required to assess his height because it took some time for Forest to become familiar with new feeder,” Guinness World Records mentioned in statement. 

Masai giraffe (G. camelopardalis ssp. tippelskirchi) has been recognised as “endangered” by IUCN since 2019. Forest’s species was kwn as Vulnerable by International Union for Conservation of Nature, however, diminishing population prompted conservationists to add m on endangered species list, according to Guinness World Record's statement.  

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