Let us know the amazing facts of Giraffe
- COMMON NAME : Giraffe
- SCIENTIFIC NAME: Giraffa
- DIET: Herbivore
- AVERAGE LIFE SPAN: 26 year’s
- Length: 2.2-2.6 m
- weight: 795-1,270 kg
- Their legs alone are taller than many humans—about 6 feet.
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A giraffe’s neck is too short to reach the ground. As a result, it has to awkwardly spread its front legs or kneel to reach the ground for a drink of water
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Giraffes only need to drink once every few days. Most of their water comes from all the plants they eat
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Giraffes spend most of their lives standing up; they even sleep and give birth standing up.
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The giraffe calf can stand up and walk after about an hour and within a week, it starts to sample vegetation.
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Despite the females’ attempts to stand over their calves during attacks by lions, spotted hyenas, leopards and African wild dogs , many calves are killed in their first few months
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A giraffe’s spots are much like human fingerprints. No two individual giraffes have exactly the same pattern
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Both male and female giraffes have two distinct, hair-covered horns called ossicones. Male giraffes use their horns to sometimes fight with other males
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Giraffes only need 5 to 30 minutes of sleep in a 24-hour period! They often achieve that in quick naps that may last only a minute or two at a time
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Whilst it was thought that giraffes did not make any sounds, this is now known to be untrue, as giraffes bellow, snort, hiss and make flute-like sounds, as well as low pitch noises beyond the range of human hearing
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Giraffe tongues are long, reaching around 20–21 in (50–53 cm) in length
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Giraffe tongues are dark blueish in colour, which is thought to be a form of sun protection.
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Giraffes are polygamous, so a few males with mate with one female. Females tend to give birth to a single calf around 400–460 days after mating; females give birth whilst standing up
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Baby Giraffes can stand within half an hour and after only 10 hours can run alongside their family. Young giraffes hang out in nursery groups until they are around 5 months old, resting and playing together while their mothers forage in the distance; one female will tend to stay and look after the young. Males are not involved in the raising of young.
