Giraffes

GIRAFFESLongest necked animal

By: NH

INTRODUCTION• Scientific name for a

giraffe is giraff camelopardalis

• Common name is giraffe

• A giraffe is a herbivore• Giraffes have a very

long neck to help them get their food off of the trees

WHAT A GIRAFFE LOOKS LIKE• Brown dots and white stripes

surrounding the brown dots• Skin – colored horns• Long purple tongue• Long legs with split between hooved

feet• White lower legs• Long tail with long tufted end• Very long neck-about six feet• Large pointed ears that flop down on

the side of the head• Tail can be six feet long• Males weigh 2,600 pounds and female

weigh 1,500 pounds• Males are 4.3 16 feet and females are

14 to 16 feet tall

LIFE SPAN• Giraffes can live for 25

years and so can their babies

• Giraffes live in deserts and the temperature in a desert is 120 degrees and can go down to 45 degrees

• Deserts have lots of sand and has very little rain each year so it is hard for a giraffe to survive

WHAT GIRAFFES EAT• Leaves• Seedpods• Flowers• Fruit• Grass• Thorns

WHAT KINDS OF ANIMALS EAT GIRAFFES?

• Lions• Tigers• Cheetahs• Hyenas• Wild dogs

HABITAT• A giraffe lives in deserts all over

the world• Deserts can go up to 120 degrees

and can go down to 45 degrees• Giraffes live in grasslands• Giraffes live in forests

CLIMATE• The temperature in a desert is 120

degrees• A deserts temperature can also go

down to 45 degrees

BEHAVIOR• When a giraffes sees a predator it

starts to run very fast• Giraffes can run up to 35 miles per

hour• When a giraffe sees a person come

close up to it a giraffe will kick them in the face with its hooves

BABIES• Mate each year• Fifteen months

after mating a female gives birth to one calf

• After the baby drops to the ground, the mother licks it clean

• Then the baby will try to stand up and drink its mothers milk

PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS• Seven neck bones inside it’s neck• Very long neck to help it look out for it’s predator s

and to help it get it’s food• Very long legs to help it run very fast away from it’s

predators

PHYSICAL ADAPTATION S• Brown dots and white

stripes that help it blend in with trees

• Long neck to help it see its prey and to get its food

• Long eyelashes to help it not get any bugs in its eyes

• Little nose to help not get any flies in its nose

BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS• Visual

communication over several miles away

• Travel in large herds• Runs 35 miles per

hour• Large horns to help

them fight against other animals

FUN FACTS• When it has to get water they have to bend

their neck 20 feet down into the water• A giraffe has a very long purple tongue • Very long neck to help it get water• Little nose to help not get any sticks inside• Naps only 2 hours a day• Lives in herds witch means group together• The only animal that would eat a giraffe is a

lion