GIRAFFE

The giraffe is an African artiodactyl mammal, the tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant. It is traditionally considered to be one species, Giraffa camelopardalis, with nine subspecies. Wikipedia Eats: Acacia Gestation period: Northern giraffe: 15 months Speed: 60 km/h (Maximum, Sprint) Class: Mammalia Family: Giraffidae Genus: Giraffa; Brisson, 1762 Height: 5 – 5,9 m (Adult), 4,3 – 5,2 m (Adult)

Giraffes live in nonterritorial groups of up to 20. Home ranges are as small as 85 square km (33 square miles) in wetter areas but up to 1,500 square km (580 square miles) in dry regions. The animals are gregarious, a behaviour that apparently allows for increased vigilance against predators. They have excellent eyesight, and when one giraffe stares, for example, at a lion a kilometre away, the others look in that direction too. Giraffes live up to 26 years in the wild and slightly longer in captivity.

WHER WILL YOU FIND THEM

In greener grass with tall trees