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Birthdays are meant to be celebrated, and that usually means cake is part of the deal. There\u2019s even an old saying that no one should celebrate without one! But Miguu, a 17-year-old giraffe, had other plans. He surprised his keepers at the Phoenix Zoo when he decided to skip the traditional treat altogether.<\/p>\n
Until I saw his recent video, I had no idea giraffes could be such picky eaters<\/a>. I think I just assumed that if it were made out of vegetables, it would automatically make the cut. Unfortunately, the keepers at Phoenix Zoo found out the hard way that Miguu had other opinions\u2014he wasn\u2019t interested in his special carrot cake at all.<\/p>\n Luckily, there were plenty of other animals at the zoo who were more than happy to step in and enjoy the celebration\u2014and the special snacks. Miguu was offered a cupcake first, but after a quick sniff, he turned his nose up in a clear sign he wasn\u2019t interested. He did give the treat another shot a few moments later, but even after a small nibble, he ultimately decided it still wasn\u2019t for him.<\/p>\n Related: Grandma Throws Golden Retriever a Surprise Birthday Party and His Reaction Is Priceless<\/strong><\/p>\n The keepers then moved on to Sunshine, and it’s safe to say she was even less interested than Miguu. Imara, the third giraffe in line, briefly had everyone fooled, and she definitely made it seem like she would actually give the cupcake a try. However, she pulled a last-second \u201cpsych\u201d and left the treats untouched.<\/p>\n Although the cupcakes were a strikeout with the giraffes, some of their animal neighbors were thrilled to step in. The warthogs, in particular, were more than eager to give them a try as members of the staff at Phoenix Zoo passed the tasty treats through the fence.<\/p>\n But it was the zebras who seemed to enjoy the treats the most. The final scene shows them gobbling up the cakes in record time. They clearly embraced a \u201cmore for us\u201d mentality without a second thought!<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc36<\/a>SIGN UP to get \u201cpawsitivity\u201d delivered right to your inbox with inspiring & entertaining stories about our furry & feathered friends<\/strong><\/a>\ud83d\udc3e\ud83d\udc3e<\/a><\/p>\n This story was originally published by PawNation<\/a> on Apr 28, 2026, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add PawNation as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Birthdays are meant to be celebrated, and that usually means cake is part of the deal. There\u2019s even an old saying that no one should celebrate without one! But Miguu, a 17-year-old giraffe, had other plans. He surprised his keepers at the Phoenix Zoo when he decided to skip the traditional treat altogether. Until I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[973,13181,2348,980,13182,986,13188,8470,646,148,1067,13184,987,1721,13180,1733,834,13187,2270,1434,348,13185,767,13183,814,284,67,66,13186,1096,13179,6922,338,70,13189,542,2780,1893,1498,2030,1698,456],"class_list":["post-8345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pets-news","tag-birthday","tag-birthday-cake","tag-birthdays","tag-cake","tag-cake-moment","tag-celebrate","tag-celebrated","tag-cupcake","tag-deal","tag-decided","tag-doesn","tag-doesn-planned","tag-enjoy","tag-giraffe","tag-giraffe-birthday","tag-giraffes","tag-give","tag-interested","tag-keepers","tag-means","tag-meant","tag-miguu","tag-moment","tag-moment-doesn","tag-part","tag-pawnation","tag-pe-ts-fun","tag-pets-news","tag-phoenix","tag-picky","tag-picky-giraffe","tag-planned","tag-plans","tag-sign","tag-skip","tag-special","tag-step","tag-surprised","tag-treat","tag-treats","tag-wasn","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}So, Who Ate the Birthday Cake?<\/h2>\n
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