i heart giraffes. i hate giraffe spit.

Fact: If properly motivated, a giraffe can lick its own eyebrow.

Fact: Giraffe spit is sticky. Way sticky. Not unlike an epoxy version of rubber cement.

Fact: A giraffe tongue is strangely similar to a cat's sandpaper tongue, but with a coarser grit.

Fact: This photo is damn funny.

Seriously. Tell me you aren't giggling right now. For the record I can't be held responsible for any damage to your computer caused by soda shooting out of your nose as you gazed upon the horror that is the photo.

This afternoon we took a behind the scenes tour of the local zoo, courtesy of my sister. It was big fun. We got to feed giraffes! Despite photographic evidence to the contrary, I had a blast. Even Bex got a kick out of petting the giraffe snoots and feeding them treats. Unfortunately for me, it seems that I have some kind of seizure when one of said creatures does a sneak attack slurp across my arm and onto the babe. It looks like my neck was trying to suck in my face to get it out of the way of the giraffe tongue. Good thing my Dad was there to catch it on camera! I look so awesome in this photo that I'm considering sending in to Americas Next Top Model or something. After all, not just anyone could make that face.

Have fun cleaning off your keyboards. I'm off to figure out how to best remove giraffe spit from my hair.

If you are interested, there are tons of less frightening photos here.