<P> The film begins on Marty 's 10th birthday ( middle - aged for a zebra ) . His friends try to give him a great birthday , but somehow , Marty wants more . He escapes the Central Park Zoo , where he had lived for the past ten years , and makes a dash for the wild . His friends , Alex the Lion , Melman the Giraffe , and Gloria the Hippopotamus , flag him down , but as they are about to take him back to the zoo , police officers and animal control officers appear in all directions , tranquilize the animals , and send them on a ship to a wildlife preserve in Kenya . The penguins take over the ship and the four friends are washed up on the shores of Madagascar . </P>
<P> The film begins on Marty 's 10th birthday ( middle - aged for a zebra ) . His friends try to give him a great birthday , but somehow , Marty wants more . He escapes the Central Park Zoo , where he had lived for the past ten years , and makes a dash for the wild . His friends , Alex the Lion , Melman the Giraffe , and Gloria the Hippopotamus , flag him down , but as they are about to take him back to the zoo , police officers and animal control officers appear in all directions , tranquilize the animals , and send them on a ship to a wildlife preserve in Kenya . The penguins take over the ship and the four friends are washed up on the shores of Madagascar . </P>
what is the name of the giraffe on madagascar
what is the name of the giraffe on madagascar
Melman
Melman