Equatorial Africa - Giraffe, Zebra and Oryx

Angolan Giraffes, Grant\'s Zebras and Scimitar-horned Oryxes.

Photo taken using very high ISO setting.

There are now Angolan Giraffes at Night Safari Singapore???

I thought (and they were considered as well in ISIS recently) as Cape Giraffes.

looking at the colour and pattern of the giraffes, they are not angolans, but indeed cape giraffes.

You guys are right, they're now listed as Cape. At some point in the recent past the giraffes were listed as Angolan.

How do the animals get to sleep. Wouldn't keeping them awake at night affect their sleeping habits at all and how do these animals sleep?

I need to try higher ISO settings next time (whenever that will be) I'm at the SNS, or as much as my Canon Powershot (i.e. not EOS) allows. However, I don't recall those lights over the exhibit. They certainly help in the darkness. Are they new or is it just that I don't recall them?

UrMumzAGoat said:

How do the animals get to sleep. Wouldn't keeping them awake at night affect their sleeping habits at all and how do these animals sleep?

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To the best of my knowledge, giraffes (and possibly zebras and antelope) sleep standing up 10 or 15 minutes at a time.

Arizona Docent said:

To the best of my knowledge, giraffes (and possibly zebras and antelope) sleep standing up 10 or 15 minutes at a time.

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But I see (from the gallery) that there are other duirnal species kept here such as elephants who I would think sleep for up to a few hours and it doesnt seem they can do so here.

Baldur said:

I need to try higher ISO settings next time (whenever that will be) I'm at the SNS, or as much as my Canon Powershot (i.e. not EOS) allows. However, I don't recall those lights over the exhibit. They certainly help in the darkness. Are they new or is it just that I don't recall them?

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Nope, those lights have always been there. The photo enhances their brightness, so while you're there the lights probably don't seem so obvious.

UrMumzAGoat said:

But I see (from the gallery) that there are other duirnal species kept here such as elephants who I would think sleep for up to a few hours and it doesnt seem they can do so here.

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Elephants, giraffes, zebras and most ungulates are not strictly nocturnal nor diurnal. Like what Arizona Docent mentioned, these animals sleep for short durations throughout the entire day.

In any case, the Night Safari has one of the shortest operating hours of any zoo in the world - 5 hours every day (7pm till midnight, after which the lights are turned off). For the rest of the 19 hours, the animals are free from visitors staring at them and can rest as they wish.