Giraffes

Giraffes are my favorite animal, so they had to be next. They’ve been my favorite animal for a very long time. I even have a tattoo of a giraffe on my thigh. I have a million giraffe things from blankets, stuffed animals, figurines, a giraffe print phone and you name it. What’s your favorite animal?

                Giraffes get very tall, up to 15 ft. tall. There tongs are even pretty long, they get usually to 21 inches long. All the different types of giraffes has different types of spots. There is about 9 different types of giraffes. Thornicroft giraffe, Nigerian giraffe, Rothschild giraffe, Masai giraffe, Reticulated giraffe, Angolan giraffe, South African giraffe, West African giraffe, and the Okapi giraffe. All of these giraffes spots are shaped differently, either darker or lighter browns. They are all different.

                They can run up to 35 miles per hour. They live in grass lands with small groups of other giraffes. A giraffe is a mammal and it’s an herbivore. Their life span in the wild is 25 years. An advantage of their long neck is they can reach tall trees for food that other animals can’t reach. Also seeing over the trees helps them see other animals before they see them.  Giraffes eat almost all of the time, usually hundreds of pounds of leaves each week. They have to travel a lot to find good.

                Some animals that eat giraffes are, cheetahs and lions. Spotted hyenas, leopards and Nile crocodiles will all take ahold giraffe calves whenever they get a chance. Some other animals are too scared to try and attack a giraffe because of how tall they are. When a lion attacks an adult giraffe, the giraffes kick can kill the lion.

                A giraffe carries their young for 15 months. A baby giraffe is called a calf. A baby giraffe starts walking as soon as they’re born just in case they need to run off with the herd if they’re in danger. After about six months the baby giraffe leaves its mother. A group of giraffes can be called a herd, corps, tower, and a group.

                Mostly no giraffes are endangered. There is one species that is classified as being endangered. It’s the West African Giraffe. That makes me upset because giraffes are my favorite animal, and the way this world is…. I’m not sure there will be any left in the future or a lot left of certain wild animals.