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Giraffes
Giraffes are well known for their extraordinarily long necks which they use to eat the leaves on tall trees.
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What do giraffes need to survive?
Like all life forms from HIV to apes, by natural selection or sexual selection or random genetic drift or a combination of these.
Giraffe, the tallest living animal. It is a ruminant (cud-chewing mammal). It lives in dry savannas of Africa, south of the Sahara. A related animal, the okapi, inhabits the forests of the upper basin of the Congo River. The giraffe is a descendent from Paleotraginae and Sivatheriinae. Paleotraginae looks like a deer with outward pointing sharp antlers. Sivatheriinae looks like a bulky horse with weird chubby antlers.And okapi looks like half zebra half horse with small antlers.
How tall is fully grown giraffe?
The average female is 15 ft tall (4.5 m.) and 2600 lbs. Males are generally 18 ft tall (5.3 m.) and 4255 lbs. And the calves are normally 6.2 ft. tall and 225 lbs.
What kingdom phylum class order family genus species of the giraffe?
The name 'kangaroo' is given to four different species in the family Macropodidae.
Kingdom - Animalia
Phylum - Chordata
Class - Mammalia
Infraclass - Marsupialia
Order - Diprotodontia
Family - Macropodidae
Genus - Macropus
Species - Macropus antilopinus (Antilopine Kangaroo), Macropus rufus (Red Kangaroo), Macropus fuliginosus(Western Grey Kangaroo) and Macropus giganteus (Eastern Grey Kangaroo)
How do baby giraffes drink milk from their mother?
Giraffe's drink milk from their mother. This is really important for them because they need to grow fast in order to be able to reach their food source.
Any living thing needs three basic things to survive, food, shelter and clothing.
Where does a giraffe take shelter?
Giraffes that live in the wild normally shelter under tall trees, but those who live in captivity live in very tall shelters because of the the giraffes' height.
The patterns of a giraffes spots?
The patterns on a giraffe are all different (like our fingerprints) . There are a few different species of giraffe which each have different kinds of pattern, like some species have wiggly edges to the spots and some have straight-ish line on the edge of the spots.
How many stages are there in a giraffe life cycle?
First they meet, then the male sniffs the females behind to make sure he wants to go in there. he slowly rubs himself against her, massaging her but cheek. he inserts the D.
How many times a day do Giraffes get fed?
A giraffe eats around 65 pounds (around 30 kilos) of vegetation daily, but during lean periods, they can survive with around 15 pounds.
Giraffe's usually inhabit Savannas and Grasslands that are abundant in trees like Acacia, Commiphora, Combretum etc. They browse on twigs of tree, preferringt he Acacia, Commiphora and Terminalia. They also feed on grass and fruits.
What is an important function of a giraffe's extremely long neck?
giraffes are omnivores so they eat primarily plants and vegetation, which is abundant in trees which are, you guessed it, TALL. most other animals cant reach or climb trees so they scavenge on the ground where over time vegetation will become more scarce due to all the traffic. sooo, long neck + tall trees = more food for giraffes.
Giraffe's are the tallest land animals on earth. They are well known for their extremely long neck and legs. It is around 5 to 6 meters tall (Around 16 to 20 feet). Males are usually taller and heavier than females. A male giraffe can weigh an average of around 1200 kilograms (2600 pounds) while females weigh an average of around 830 kilograms (1800 pounds)
How many ears do giraffes have?
Giraffe tongue has NO taste buds, tasting is done at the rear roof of the mouth. Giraffes have no vocal chords.
What are the Environmental pressures and variations of giraffes?
Environmental pressures Availability food with droughts and global warming available vegetation can be limited. A variation of a giraffe is its long neck
Does a giraffe have baby teeth?
yes giraffes have top teeth and they sometimes bite their tongue because its so long
How many chromosomes are their in giraffe sperm?
Giraffes have a total of thirty chromosomes, or fifteen pairs.
no my appinion they don't but heres some information they clean there ears by sticking the tongue in it.
How do giraffes eat their food?
They grab there tongue around the leaf and grab it and they move their tongue out the way so they can eat with their teeth so they don't really eat with their tongue they only grab leaves with it.
What time mostly giraffe sleep?
Hyenas can be active at anytime of the day but are most active at night.
The birth of a giraffe only takes about 30 minutes, but the mother carries the giraffe for 14 to 15 months. The baby can stand up for within one hour after birth. I hope this was helpful to you. :-)
giraffes are born by a mother in the stomach because they are mammals to
Giraffes are born in much the same way as humans. The baby giraffe is conceived inside its mother, grows for a period of about 13 to 15 months (400 to 460 days), then is pushed from the womb onto the ground, and becomes a separate individual. Baby giraffes nurse for about 6 months, and normally stay with their mothers for up to a year, beginning interactions with other young giraffes at about 2 months of age in social "nursery" groups.
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A giraffe can be found on the African savanna. With their long necks they can eat the tops of trees and the spots on a giraffe are individual to each animal.
Is an okapi related to a horse in any way at all?
Only in that they are both mammals. The okapi are in the same family as the giraffe ("giraffidae"), in the order cetartiodactyla. The horse is in the order perissodactyla, family equidae. The okapi shape is similar to that of a giraffe but with a much shorter neck. Okapi, like giraffe, have very long tongues, which they use to strip and eat leaves and buds from trees.
