What are some special features about a giraffe?

Answer 1

All mammals have fur or hair on their bodies. Giraffes are no exception. But a giraffe's coat is special because it is like a fingerprint. Each giraffe has its own distinct pattern. Even within the same group of giraffes, no two coats are identical. A baby giraffe can recognize its mother by her unique coat pattern.

Answer 2

1. It is reticulated, that is its coat is broken up into light and dark patches - lets them blend in to the trees and grass.

2. It is eats acacia leaves which are toxic and the acacia tree is loaded with thorns. Strangely enough it eats only on the downwind side of the tree as chemicals released from the damaged leaves make the other acacia leaves more bitter if they contact the leaves.

3. It has a long neck, but the neck is quite stiff, not like a snake's spine. This is due to the fact that it only has seven neck bones just like you and me. The giraffe males fight with their necks.

4. Its tongue is purple and long enough to pull clumps of leaves to its mouth.

5. The giraffe is essentially silent - a bit of grunting now and then.

6. Pictures show giraffes drinking from ponds then lifting their heads, there is a pressure regulation systems there to keep the blood pressure from rising and falling and blowing the arteries.

7. In the same way the heart has to work hard to pump fluids that high .

8. There are birds all over each giraffe that eat ticks. Some giraffes die of tick infestations.

9. It is the tallest living animal and can weigh almost two tonnes.

10. It was once called a Camelopard.

11. It only has one living related species, the okapi.

12. Giraffes only sleep 10 minutes to two hours a day.

13. Giraffes have knobby horns.

Answer 3

A giraffe sleeps for only 1 - 12 minutes in total approx 1.9 hrs a day.

They are the world's tallest mammal.

Giraffes are one of the few species of mammal to perceive color.

Their mating call sounds like a cough (ahem).

They have a very long tongue, 18 inches.

They can run up to 55 mph.

Males fight by necking and this can be deadly.

Tallest male recorded stood almost 20 ft.

They drink large amounts of water so they can live for long periods in dry, arid areas.

Males necks are significantly longer than females.

Each giraffe has a unique coat pattern.

They have a powerful kick, one kick from an adult giraffe can shatter a lion's skull or break its spine.

Male giraffes determine female fertility by tasting the female's urine in order to detect estrus.

Life expectancy is between 20 and 25 years in the wild.

Research has revealed that the animal communicates at an infrasound level.

When a calf is born they fall 6 feet to the ground.

Answer 4

A giraffe does have some special features, one is that a giraffe has a long neck, that allows the giraffe to reach leaves that are out of the reach of other animals. This allows giraffe's to have a plentiful supply of food.

Answer 5

well it has a really long kneck but surprisingly it has the same amount of bones in as a human!

the Giraffe evolved as it couldn't reach all the fruits off the trees

Answer 6

Giraffes have a few special features. For instance, they have long necks that allow them to reach high into the trees to eat.

Answer 7

A giraffe can have 6 foot long legs, a very long neck compiled of only 7 bones (the same as a human), & an 18-inch long black tongue enabling it to lick it ears and inside its nose.

Answer 8

It's long neck, it's long tongue, it's spots

Answer 9

They have many bones which allows them to reach for there food in the wild.