Animals with long legs, long neck and spotted dots on body. Here are some Interesting & Amazing facts about Giraffes that you may know
Interesting & Amazing facts about Giraffes that you may know
- Giraffes spend most of their lives standing up; they even sleep and give birth standing up.
- A group of giraffes is called a tower.
- Giraffes only need 5 to 30 minutes of sleep in a 24-hour period.
- A Newborn giraffe is around 6 feet tall.
- Giraffes make no sound. Not because they can’t, but they choose not to.
- Giraffes are sociable, peaceful animals which rarely fight. Males do perform a behaviour called ‘necking’ where they will hit necks; however, these encounters rarely last more than a couple of minutes and seldom result in injury.
- Giraffes only need to drink water once every few days. Most of their water comes from all the plants they eat.
- The mating rituals of giraffes are rather complicated because female giraffes refuse to mate during the entirety of their pregnancy, which lasts 15 months. Between pregnancies, the females are ready to mate with a suitable male, but only for a brief period every two weeks.
- Giraffe’s legs are almost lengthier than 6 feet, which is taller than the height of the average human being.
- Giraffes also have very distinctive coats. Some of them have a square shaped coat, while some have coats that look like oak leaves.
- Like camels, giraffes can also sustain without water for a very long time.
- The male giraffe is generally heavier and taller than the female giraffe.
- Giraffe tongues is up to 45cm long and are specially adapted to allow giraffes to forage on trees that other animals would avoid, such as acacias, which are very thorny.
- The giraffe’s feet are the size of a dinner plate, 12 inches.
- The giraffe is already extinct in at least seven countries in Africa.
- When giraffes are seen rubbing their necks against one another, they are competing to see who is stronger.
