They are the tallest living terrestrial animals in the world. Stand 6-8 meters from head to toe. The neck is very long. Living in southeastern Africa, they often like to live in groups in dry savannah and semi-desert areas.

Features of giraffes.

When standing to 6~8 meters, it weighs about 700 kilograms, and the newborn baby giraffe is 1.5 meters high.

There is a pair of bony short horns on the top of the head, and the skin and hair at the corners are covered; the neck is particularly long about 2 meters, and the back of the neck has a mane.

The body is short, the hooves are broad, and the tail is short with black tufts of hair.

Giraffe habitat.

Inhabits tropical and subtropical savannahs, bushes, arid and open savannahs and sparse trees.

Why do giraffes have such long necks?

In the new era, giraffes are different from the deer family, and their ancestors are consistent with common deer animals.

Since the giraffe subfamily lives in areas where the trees are mostly umbrella-shaped, the leaves are concentrated in the upper layers. Longer necks have access to more food, while shorter necks are gradually eliminated due to the inability to obtain food.

Under the action of natural selection, the long-necked groups we see today gradually formed.

Habits of Giraffes.

Food.

In the morning, it mainly eats various leaves. Giraffes can consume 63kg of leaves and twigs per day. When the leaf has enough water, it can go without water for a year.

Activity.

Giraffes have large brown eyes with prominent, rotatable eyes, a wide field of vision, and a tall body. Giraffes run fast due to their long legs, which are also trained for survival races.

Sleep.

Giraffes sleep very little, usually just two hours a night, and sleep can sometimes put them at risk. Giraffes sleep standing up most of the time.

Because of their long necks, giraffes often sleep with their heads resting on branches to avoid neck fatigue.

Sound.

Giraffes make very few sounds and can also emit infrasound waves that humans cannot hear. Some people think that giraffes are dumb and never bark, while others say that giraffes have no vocal cords, so they don't bark.

Giraffes not only have vocal cords, but they also bark. Giraffes have special vocal cords. It has a shallow groove in the middle of its vocal cords, which is not conducive to vocalization.

In addition, it needs the help of the lungs, chest and diaphragm to make sounds.

Giraffes are gentle and polite in the group.