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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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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
Giraffes, lions, and wildebeests are all immune to diseases carried by the tsetse fly.
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 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
only at night time when someone crashed a car and killed a nun
Is Melman the giraffe from the movie Madagascar a boy or girl?
He is a boy because he falls in love with Gloria.
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!
Which of these have no ears giraffe frog or cat?
frog. Cats and giraffes both have physical ears but frogs have holes in the side of their head for hearing.
You see, there used to be spotted horses. One day, Chuck Norris came up to one, and wanted to ride it. The horse was very stubborn, and did not go anywhere. Chuck Norris got so frustrated, he roundhouse kicked the horses head and left. The horse's ancestors are what we know as giraffes today.
How do giraffes defend themselves?
Giraffes defend themselves by kicking preditors and "necking". "necking" is when a giraffe swings its neck at another giraffe really hard. The reason giraffes have the little horns on their head is for necking so they can dig them into another giraffes neck.
