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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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How long a giraffes tongue is?
The average size of a giraffe's tongue is about 18 inches, but can range in length up to 20 inches. This is the equivalent of 46 - 50 cm. The long tongue is prehensile, allowing the giraffe to use it to curl around and grasp vegetation, much like a hand.
A giraffe's tongue is about 1-2 feet long when fully grown. When They're young, anything from 7 inches +.
The giraffe browses on the leaves of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs using its long tongue, which can be up to 18 inches long.
What is the smell of the food called?
Aroma
The smell of the food is called "Aroma". We say, "This food has a good aroma", or we say, "That this food is aromatic!"
A giraffe can live for 20-25 years in the wild, but most only survive about 5 years.
It gets up to 25 years old
Giraffes live up to 25 years in the wild, and often longer at zoos.
The life expectancy of giraffes is about 20-30 years in captivity, and about 20-25 in the wild.
A wild giraffe's average lifespan is 20-25 years, whereas, in captivity, they can live as long as 28 years.
Life span: 15 to 20 years. Longer in captivity, approximately 25 years.
10 years
I think that giraffes live for about 25 years, but in zoos they more often live more than 25 years seeing as zookeepers treat them well.
Why giraffe has a long neck and spotted skin?
A giraffe has a long neck to reach the foliage on trees that is its staple diet.
The spotted skin serves as camouflage.
What is being done to help giraffes?
many people and agencies are involved in protecting the giraffe and its natural habitat. giraffes eat tops of bushes and trees due to their long neck. they can also run fast if needed, e.g. when escaping a lion. giraffes are also found in zoos where an elevated platform is used by zoo personnel to feed them due to their long neck. some zoo personnel find them to be mildly problematic, possibly because of their great hight. while we can only speculate on what wild animals think about, giraffes are known to have certain unspecified "issues". many books are available about giraffes, including "The giraffe, a partner in our wild lands" by Horseman Diaz. i highly recommend this book.
What kind of giraffe is the most endangered?
Giraffa cameleopardis peralta is the most endangered giraffe subspecies. It is commonly called the NIgeria giraffe. There are fewer than 220 in the wild, and there do not seem to be any in captivity.
Due to their sheer size, adult Giraffe's are not vulnerable to predators like leopards, hyenas, wild dogs etc. However, large lion packs headed by large Adult Male lions have been known to hunt down a full grown giraffe. But, this is very rare. On the other hand, calf's are very vulnerable to predators. A lion pack can easily kill a giraffe calf or even an adolescent. Hyena and wild doc packs too are known to prey on giraffe calves.
The pronghorn, errantly referred to as the pronghorn antelope.
Also, the members of the giraffidae family have prongs, sometimes referred to as ossicones.
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