The giraffe's main characteristic is its long neck; it is the tallest animal in the world. The female giraffe is more than four meters tall, the male giraffe is about five meters, and the highest recorded height is five meters seventy-eight.

It has four thin and long legs, but also a particularly long neck. Surprisingly, it has only seven cervical vertebrae, the same number as the human cervical vertebrae.

The giraffe's seven cervical vertebrae line up, is its long neck; each cervical vertebra can be imagined. Only when these are written clearly can the main features of the giraffe be captured.

The giraffe is a genus of ruminant even-hoofed animals that grow in Africa. The Latin name means "camel with leopard print". They are the tallest surviving land animals in the world. Giraffes can reach 6-8 meters from head to toe when standing, weighing about 700 kg, and newborn giraffe cubs are 1.5 meters tall.

The giraffe's teeth are primitive low-crowned teeth and cannot feed on grasses, but only on leaves; the giraffe's tongue is long and can be used for feeding; the giraffe's horns are covered with hairy skin.

The giraffe lives in the African savanna and is a herbivore, feeding mainly on leaves and twigs. In the wild, giraffes live for about 27 years, while those in zoos can live for more than 29 years.

Giraffes are mainly found in South Africa, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia in Africa. The giraffe is the national animal of South Africa.

Giraffe has a pair of large brown eyes, prominent eyes, the giraffe can rotate around, giraffe a wide field of vision, plus giraffe body is high, giraffe is like a living "lookout", the giraffe can see movement in the distance.

Giraffes because of their long legs, and running fast, which is also in the competition for survival practice. In giraffe running, the posture is very special, the giraffe first head and neck, and then a retraction, alternating swing, giraffe quadruped walking with other beasts, the giraffe is the same side of the two legs and the other side of the two legs alternating forward, the giraffe will jump like marching.

The giraffe's running speed is very fast. Giraffes' tall legs and long, giraffe limbs can be kicked in all directions, giraffe hit a wide range of giraffe, giraffe power, if the adult lion was unfortunately kicked, the giraffe can immediately leg broken waist broken.

Once the giraffe found harm when the giraffe will rely on the advantage of the legs, giraffes will quickly escape, their acuity is high, so they form the habit of standing and sleeping, generally only two hours at night.

In these two hours, they may also face danger and rarely make a sound when fighting with other animals.

The giraffe's legs are particularly long, and its long neck is one of its characteristics. It usually relies on the advantage of its long neck to observe its surroundings and to eat the young leaves at the end of tall trees.

The giraffe has a special vocal cord, a grooved vocal cord, which does not vocalize easily. When giraffes are young, they are still able to rely on the help of their lungs, thorax, and diaphragm to barely make a call.

But when the giraffe grows up, the drastic between those organs that can help vocalize also become very far away, which leads vocalizing very exhausting.

So in general, giraffes are no longer called, this is the giraffe neck is very long to bring trouble, and the neck is also the reason why giraffes stand and sleep.