Speaking of wild animals in Africa, giraffes with exquisite patterns and peculiar shapes often come to mind first. They are the tallest living terrestrial animals in the world. Stand 6-8 meters from head to toe. The neck is very long.

Types of giraffes.

Reticulated Giraffe:

Large polygonal brown spots lined with bright white meshwork. These spots are sometimes dark red and can spread to the feet.

Angola Giraffe:

Large spots with notched edges extend throughout the lower extremities.

Masai Giraffe:

There are spots such as grape leaves and jagged edges.

South African Giraffe:

There are round, sometimes star-shaped spots.

Nubian Giraffe:

The spots are square and maroon.

Habits of Giraffes.

Food.

In the morning, it mainly eats various leaves. Giraffes can consume 63kg of leaves and twigs per day. When the leaf has enough water, it can go without water for a year.

Activity.

Giraffes have large brown eyes with prominent, rotatable eyes, a wide field of vision, and a tall body. Giraffes run fast due to their long legs, which are also trained for survival races.

Sleep.

Giraffes sleep very little, usually just two hours a night, and sleep can sometimes put them at risk. Giraffes sleep standing up most of the time.

Because of their long necks, giraffes often sleep with their heads resting on branches to avoid neck fatigue.

Sound.

Giraffes make very few sounds and can also emit infrasound waves that humans cannot hear. Some people think that giraffes are dumb and never bark, while others say that giraffes have no vocal cords, so they don't bark.

Giraffes not only have vocal cords, but they also bark. Giraffes have special vocal cords. It has a shallow groove in the middle of its vocal cords, which is not conducive to vocalization.

In addition, it needs the help of the lungs, chest and diaphragm to make sounds.

Breed.

The breeding season of giraffes is not fixed, and they can mate all year round. The gestation period is 15 months, with 1 litter per litter.

Baby giraffes are nearly two meters tall when they are born, and are generally more than 4 meters tall when they are adults.

Height.

The tallest male giraffe ever recorded was 5.88 meters tall, and the female giraffe was 5.17 meters tall.

How do giraffes fight?

The giraffe is so tall that no other animal dares to mess with it. Even the lion, known as the king of the grasslands, can only hunt giraffe cubs, and has never thought of hunting adult giraffes.

If a lion tries to poach a cub from a mother giraffe, the mother giraffe will use the Fly Kick ability in anger.

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