Undoubtedly linked to the giraffe’s long neck is its eerie silence. Giraffes almost never make a sound and don’t communicate with each other using any kind of signaling audible to human ears.

A second giraffe, Pasaka, was rescued the day after ... She still had her blindfold on, and socks were put in her ears to block out sound. She was surrounded by O’Connor and the other rescue ...