Nashville Zoo Features Their ‘Very Demure’ Animals Following a Popular TikTok Trend

If you spend a lot of time on TikTok, chances are you've seen the hottest viral trend going on right now and it's "very mindful" and "very demure". Nashville Zoo decided to jump on the trend bandwagon and show off some of their most demure residents and I'm glad they did because this video is too cute!

The Zoo posted the video on Friday, August 16th. It starts off with an adorable red panda hamming it up for the camera. It moves on to a gorgeous big cat and ends with a giraffe. Make sure your sound is on so you can hear the TikToker who started it all, talking about what 'demure' really means.

In case you missed the original video that started the whole demure trend that has been shared by celebrities and even the White House, it was started by Jools Lebron, and you can check it out here. After watching it, I'm sure you'll agree that the Zoo's animals all look very mindful and very demure! I couldn't quit laughing at the giraffe at the end! They're looking right at the camera, and my favorite part is when they stop chewing. It's like they're saying, "What are you looking at?"

Nashville Zoo commenters agreed that the animals are all very demure. They're showing up at work lookin' good, not like Patty and Selma! @Gh.0.stLee summed it up perfectly, "Very demure, very cutesy."

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Cool Giraffe Facts

Giraffes are such cool, docile animals, and one of my favorites. If I had to think of a 'demure' animal, it would be a giraffe since they're so graceful and lithe on their long legs; they carry themselves like ballerinas! I thought it would be fun to share a couple of my favorite giraffe facts that I've learned since writing about animals.

I thought it was cool to learn that baby giraffes are born with their eyes open, unlike most animals and even human babies that have a hard time adjusting to light when they are born. They come out feet first to help avoid hurting their long necks, and they look like miniature copies of mom. Their horns, called "ossicones", are there when they are born, but they are folded flat against their head. It takes a few hours for them to stand up straight; they are almost 6 inches long, so it would be hard to birth the baby if they were already standing straight up!

Did you know that giraffes don't need much sleep? They only sleep about 4-1/2 hours in captivity a day in 30-minute cycles. They sleep even less in the wild, sometimes just 40 minutes a day! Baby giraffes sleep a more and depend on their mothers for protection, explaining why their mothers don't sleep much and stay on the lookout for predators such as lions, hyenas, and leopards. Babies depend on mom for the first two years of their lives, at which point male giraffes will head out on their own and females usually stay with the same herd for life.

I love the Nashville Zoo's social media accounts! I also think the Zoo is fun to visit. If you ever have a chance to swing by and explore, I recommend it!

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