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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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Do giraffes eat stinging nettles?

as part of a recent discussion can you confirm if giraffes eat stinging nettles. i am sure i saw them eat them when watching a longleat programme.

Is as big as a giraffe a personification?

No, it is a simile. You have it close though, personification is when you give human-like traits to an inanimate object or animal, you have it backwards.

What is the west African giraffe size?

The size of a male western African giraffe is 18 feet and a female is 16 feet.

If Lamark and Darwin had debated why giraffes have such long necks how would their explanations differed?

Lamarck would have said that the ancestors of

modern-day giraffes had short necks but stretched

their necks as they tried to reach leaves in trees; so,

their descendants were born with longer necks.

Darwin would have said that in a population of

ancestral giraffes, some had slightly longer necks

than others; the long-necked giraffes were better

able to feed on tree leaves and as a result produced

more offspring. Over time, the proportion of longnecked

giraffes in the population increased.

What is the difference between a baby camel and a baby giraffe?

ones a camel and ones a giraffe. one has spots and one has humps. one has a long neck the other has long eyelashes ;P

Are giraffes decompose?

Giraffes are not decomposers. While decomposers get nutrients from breaking down dead organisms, giraffes get nutrients from the food that they eat. Giraffes are consumers.

Out of the elephant and giraffe which animal develops faster in the mother?

A giraffe has a gestation period of approximately 455 days an elephant 660

What Name for group of giraffe?

A group of giraffe are know as a "tower".

What is the weight of a newly born giraffe?

Baby Giraffe's are born after nearly 400+ days of preganancy. At birth, they are around 6 feet tall. That is 1.8 meters height at birth. They weigh around 100 to 150 pounds at birth. In kilograms that works out to around 50 to 70 kilos. They can walk almost immediately after birth and run within a few hours.

Why can't a giraffe step over a rock?

girrafe's legs are too long so they can't bend or flex their legs

How do giraffes use energy?

Giraffes use energy by walking around. They also use energy when they eat by using their long tongues to grab leaves off of the tall trees.

Do giraffes stay with the same mate their whole life?

no they dont because when the females (cows) are ready to mate then they attract all the males in the area (bulls). Then the most dominant male mates with the cow and this happens every year!

What is the color is a girraffe's tongue?

a giraffe's tongue is purple and sometimes blue