Giraffes 

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•      Giraffes are six feet tall when they're born
•      Giraffes land on their heads when they're born
•      No two giraffes have the same spot pattern
•      People identify Giraffes by their spots
•      Giraffes natively live only in Africa
•      Giraffes do not like to be touched by humans
•      Giraffes were in the first zoo
•      Male Giraffes can grow to be 17 to 19 feet
•      Female Giraffes can grow to be 16 or 17 feet
•      Sometimes when there are a lot of baby Giraffes, one mother takes care of all of them,     until they get older.
•      Male Giraffes have less hair on their horns than females
•      Male Giraffes beat their horns together, as a game
•      Giraffes have 7 bones in their necks, the same number as humans
•      Giraffes are most closely related to the Okapi
•      Giraffes can run up to 32 miles per hour, but they get tired fast
•      Giraffes necks and heads weigh 500 pounds
•      In Africa, the trees are shaped differently because of the leaves that the Giraffe eat.
•      Giraffes tongues are pink and black
•      Giraffes favorite food is a thorny plant, but the thorns don't hurt them
•      Giraffes tongues are 22 inches long
•      Giraffes use their tongues to grab their food.
•      Giraffes eat in the morning and night, but they rest in the afternoon.
•      Giraffes have 4 stomaches just like cows (their cud needs to travel all the way up their neck!)
•      Giraffes spots are like their fingerprints
•      Giraffes are peaceful and run instead of fight, but they can kick of a lion's head.
•      Giraffes can grunt, snort, growl, sneeze, snore, moo, bleet, and cough, but they like to stay quiet
•      Giraffes fall six feet to the ground when they're born
•      Giraffes are the tallest animals in the world
•      Giraffes also love to eat Acacia Trees.
•      Males giraffes weigh one and a half tons
•      Female giraffes weigh 1,100 to 1,200 pounds
•      Giraffes have a special valve in the blood vessels of their neck. This special valve allows them to bend WAY down to get a drink of water without passing out from the rush of blood to their brain.
•      When a giraffe sleeps, it lies down for 2 to 10 minutes, but will only sleep for up to 3  minutes per day.
•      If a giraffe falls over flat then it can't get up and it dies.
•      Giraffes do not sit on the ground because it is difficult for them to get away from predators quickly. Mother giraffes scold the young ones when they sit or lay.
•      There are nine different giraffe spot paterns and they're: