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Giraffes: standing tall

                             facts that



                             make giraffes


           8stand out






                Foliage is hydrating!                    Giraffe calves
                                                         h
            1 f a giraffe can find                 3 ave a very tough
                I

            enough leaves to eat then
            e no u g h l e a v e s t o e a t t h e n  introduction to the
            it can last longer without
            water than a camel.                   world; they generally
                                                  fall from a height of 1.5

                Acacia trees are                  metres (five feet) to
                r
           2 enowned for their                    the ground at birth.
           viciously sharp thorns.
           Fortunately, a giraffe’s
           skin is so thick that thorns
           barely have an effect.




































              Giraffes in numbers

                               45         40            55 1.8                        7        80,000




              34 KG centimetres                     %    KM/H        METRES                    GIRAFFES

                 The amount of   The length   Fall in giraffe   Speed at which       A giraffe only   The estimated




                foliage a giraffe   of a giraffe’s   numbers over the   a giraffe can   The height of a   has seven neck   number of animals
                 eats in a day  prehensile tongue  last 15 years  sprint  newborn giraffe calf  vertebrae  le  in the wild


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