Giraffe By Dana Schroeder

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Description• Kingdom-Animalia• Phylum- Chordata• Class-Mammalia • Order- Artiodactyla• Family-Giraffidae• Genus-G. Camelopardalis

• Colors and markings can vary from tan, brown, and black.

• Heigth of the giraffe is about 14-17 feet tall

• Length is about 5 feet across• A male weighs about

2,000lbs. And females about 1,800 pounds.

• Shape is a round body, long legs, and a long neck.

• They live about 15-20 years

Habitat• Giraffes range form

Chad in Central America to South America and pockets of Africa

• Giraffes like savannas, grasslands, Sub-tropical or tropical grasslands, or open woodlands south of the Sahara Desert

Diet

• Giraffes are herbivores, they do not eat meat• They like especially eating trees, one tree they

like the Acacia trees they also eat grass and tree fruit.

Social behavior • Their behavior towards

humans are very friendly • Unless the giraffe thinks

that you are trying to threaten it and It will start running away

• The giraffe can make all sorts of sounds including a moo, hiss, roar, and whistle.

• Their social status is not an issue they are not endangered

Family Life

• Gestation period-about 13-14 months• The number of offspring is usually 1

but on rare occasions the female giraffe will have a pair of twins

• There is no certain time of year they are born so all year round

• The female giraffe will take care of its offspring until about 3 or 4 months

Other/fun facts

• The average length of the giraffes tongue is about 27 inches

• The giraffe can run up to 34.7 miles per hour.• They barely ever lay down because when a

giraffe is laying down it takes a while to get back up and when a predator is coming full speed the giraffe wont get up in time and ….bye giraffe.

• The neck of the giraffe by itself weighs about 600 pounds

• Tallest animal in the world

Videos• http://www.arkive.org/giraffe/giraffa-

camelopardalis/video-ro01.html#text=Habitat grazing giraffes

http://www.arkive.org/giraffe/giraffa-camelopardalis/video-ro09b.html#text=Habitat –birth

http://www.arkive.org/giraffe/giraffa-camelopardalis/video-08a.html#text=Habitat

Eating in the wonderful trees

Resources• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe• Google • Arkive.com• http://www.giraffes.org/