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    Giraffes are the tallest mammals that live in the plains of Africa and eat leaves from acacia trees. They have few natural predators besides lions and communicate using necking behaviors. Male giraffes will fight each other for mating rights using powerful kicks. Giraffes live 14-20 feet tall, weigh 850-1200 pounds, and have a lifespan of 20-28 years.

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    Giraffes are the tallest mammals that live in the plains of Africa and eat leaves from acacia trees. They have few natural predators besides lions and communicate using necking behaviors. Male giraffes will fight each other for mating rights using powerful kicks. Giraffes live 14-20 feet tall, weigh 850-1200 pounds, and have a lifespan of 20-28 years.

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    Giraffes are the tallest mammals that live in the plains of Africa and eat leaves from acacia trees. They have few natural predators besides lions and communicate using necking behaviors. Male giraffes will fight each other for mating rights using powerful kicks. Giraffes live 14-20 feet tall, weigh 850-1200 pounds, and have a lifespan of 20-28 years.

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    Giraffe

    Table of Contents
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Predator and Prey
    • 3. Food chain
    • 4. Behaviors
    • 5. Species
    • 6. Weight
    • 7. height
    • 8. Life span
    • 9. Reproduction
    • 10. Communication
    Introduction
    Giraffes are the tallest mammal to ever roam the earth
    and they still are now.
    Giraffes are herbivores who mostly eat the trees in plains
    in Africa.
    They are peaceful creatures who roam the fields all day
    long escaping from predators or just running around enjoying
    life.
    Predator and Prey
    • Giraffes are herbivores which shows they don’t have prey but they
    do eat plants, most of the time, Giraffes eat the leaves of the trees
    called the Acacia. This tree has lots of sharp thrones which will cut
    most animals tongue but the giraffe have long and thick tongue
    that makes it hard to get pierced.
    • The Giraffes only predator is the African Plain Lion which
    rarely ever attack a grown Giraffes because of the risk of
    injury.
    Weight:
    A male Giraffe is about 1200 Ibs and female is
    about 850 Ibs.
    Height:
    Giraffes are mostly 14 ft to 17 ft tall but the
    tallest recording ever was 20 ft.
    Life span:
    A Giraffe would live for 20 to 25 years but it
    would live to about 28 years.
    Communication

    Giraffes communicate by mostly necking but


    sometimes with body odor to attract or distract from other
    Giraffes. When necking, sometimes it means a hug but
    sometimes it is a fight.
    Species

    • Kingdom : Animalia
    • Phylum : Chordata
    • Class : Mammalia
    • Order : Artiodactyla
    • Family : Giraffidae
    • Genus : Giraffa
    • Species : G. cameloparadalis
    Giraffe Food Chain

    Sun

    Lions

    Giraffes

    Plants, Trees, Fruit


    Behaviors
    Lots of males neck and fight each other over females and
    this could end up really fatal because of the great powerful
    kicks that they give each other can break each other legs.
    This would result in Giraffes being not able to move and
    getting eaten by predators like Lions.
    Reproduction

    When a calf is born, it is born alive unlike some other animals


    that are born in eggs (fish mostly). Within a few hours, calf that
    was born could run around and play but for the first 2-3 weeks ,
    calf stay close to their mothers so they don’t get eaten.
    Pregnancy for Giraffes is about 400 days , so more than a year.
    Unfortunately, only 25% to 50% of the calves make it to
    adulthood.

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