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They communicate infrasonically (through low-pitched sounds), and by touch. As with horses, their skins are very sensitive; touch can relay messages throughout a herd. Giraffes also sometimes vocalize to one another by grunts or whistle-like cries. When alarmed, a giraffe grunts or snorts to warn neighboring giraffes of the danger. Mother giraffes can whistle to their young calves. Also, cows search for their lost young by making bellowing calls. The calves return their mother's calls by bleating or mewing. While courting an estrous cow, male giraffes may cough raucous.


A giraffe relies on its height for vision. This height allows it to have continual visual contact with the rest of the rest, even from quite a distance. Giraffes also have acute eyesight: a giraffe can spot predators at a distance and can prepare to defend itself by kicking. Giraffes often scatter over a huge area in search of food or drink, and the herd only clusters together if threatened.

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