why+giraffes+have+long+necks

How Giraffes Got Long Necks Zeus would always play with his friends, be with his brothers, or hang out with other gods. During this time Hera was nowhere to be found. Little did Zeus know Hera was on earth in a remote African desert. She would always hide among the trees with her secret giraffe boyfriend, Cornelius, God of giraffes. For this reason trees became known as Cornelius’ symbol. This relationship was secret to everyone. Cornelius was an adolescent giraffe. He had blue eyes, a muscular build, weighed about 900 pounds and had a stubby neck. The first time Cornelius saw Hera he fell in love. The only problem was that Hera didn’t even notice him. From that day on he searched for Hera until he found her in an African desert hidden in the brush crying. Cornelius asked Hera why she was crying and she said because Zeus yelled at her for something she didn’t even do. Hera was so upset and became excited when Cornelius was comforting her. They started to talk and realized they had a lot in common. They met every Friday afternoon in the same brush to just talk. After a while the talks turned into an intimate relationship behind Zeus’ back. One Friday Zeus was looking for Hera but couldn’t find her anywhere. Finally he decided to look on earth. He checked every continent upside down until he came to Africa. The first place he checked was under the brush where he found his wife with Cornelius. Zeus was so enraged he yelled loud enough for everyone in the whole world to hear. He decided to keep Hera under house arrest until he figured out what to do with Cornelius. It wasn’t long before Zeus came up with a genius plan. For Hera he decided not to let her go to earth for 5 years. Cornelius had a much worse punishment. Zeus made Cornelius hang a tree with one end of a chain around his neck and the other end around the highest point of the tree. Every year Cornelius was on top of the tree his neck stretched out I foot until 6 years later he was touching the ground again. When Cornelius was touching the ground he managed to wiggle his head out of the chain. The only difference this time around was that he had to get used to his 6 foot neck!