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Kansas City Zoo will now let you feed a giraffe up close
Visitors at the Kansas City Zoo can now hand-feed giraffes at close range, with one instruction from staff; the giraffe has no instructions.
Watch it as it aired: Kenji Moonfield and Dale Bearman on this story, from BBN Tonight at 9:00 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are KCUR's, the jokes are ours.
At a glance
- First reported by KCUR: “Kansas City Zoo will now let you feed a giraffe up close — just hold the lettuce still”.
- Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 9:00 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Kenji Moonfield and Dale Bearman.
- Topics: City Zoo, Kansas.
- BBN covered this story before: Bill Self stays at Kansas as Saturday's slate looms (October 16).
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What BBN said about it

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentKansas City Zoo now lets visitors feed a giraffe up close, KCUR reports, and the one instruction is hold the lettuce still.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorLettuce, for an animal that eats whole trees. I said so earlier and I stand by it.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRoll it. This is file footage, not the Kansas City giraffe, more of a stunt double from the archive.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentLook at the neck extending toward the branches.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOh, now the tongue. It takes the leaves and doesn't ask the branch to hold still.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRun it back. Close-up on the face, he's chewing and not even looking at the branch. Elite.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHold still. That's the whole safety briefing, and it's aimed at the one party who isn't in charge.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI'd cast a very calm kid as the lookalike for the visitor. Calmest hands in Missouri.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentViral Score, nine out of ten, because the only rule is the one thing nobody's hands can do.
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