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The giraffe (Giraffa cameloparalis) is an African even-toed ungulate mammal, the tallest of all land-living animal species, and the largest ruminant. Males can be 4.8 to 5.5 metres (16 to 18 feet) tall and weigh up to 1,700 kilograms (3,800 pounds). The record-sized bull, shot in Kenya in 1934, was 5.87 m (19.2 ft) tall and weighed approximately 2,000 kg (4,400 lb). Females are generally slightly shorter, and weigh less than the males do.

Trivia about giraffe

  • Because of the requirements in pumping blood to its brain, it has the highest blood pressure of any living animal
  • With a tongue over a foot long (& located about 16 feet above the ground), it can lick its own ear
  • In order to drink, it spreads its front legs, then lowers its head about 15 feet to the water
  • The only 2 creatures that prey on adults of this tallest African animal are lions & man
  • Although this mammal's neck may exceed 6 feet in length, it has only 7 bones--the same as humans
  • Looking at one of these you may ponder, wow, that's the tallest living quadruped
  • It's the world's tallest animal whose young is known as a calf
  • Acacia leaves are the favorite food of this tallest mammal
  • Its legs are 6 feet long & its neck can be even longer
  • Tall fellow:FIFE RAG
  • At 18 feet in height, this tallest mammal could easily peek in a second-story window
  • At birth this mammal is over 6 feet tall, about 30% of its full adult height
  • Just standing there on the ground, it can get my frisbee off the roof with its tongue -- can I keep it?
  • Nerve cells in its neck can be over 9 feet long
  • A 25-pound heart helps pump the blood to its head, 15 feet off the ground
  • It's the tallest land mammal north of Antarctica
  • It likes to neck:fig fear
  • It's the tallest of all land quadrupeds
  • This tallest land critter can have a tongue up to 18 inches long
  • A member of this family, although without a long neck, the okapi was discovered in the Congo rain forest
  • You can see how this tallest animal is most vulnerable when drinking, as it has to splay its legs & lower its head
  • Its vascular system has special valves that allow blood to reach the brain, which is over 6' higher than the heart
  • The nose of this tallest ruminant is not as moist as those of other ruminants
  • Zheng He returned to China with this tall African animal, which was mistaken for a unicorn despite its 2 horns
  • At birth, this mammal can be 6 feet tall, about one-third of its adult height
  • These tallest mammals can gallop at a speed of 30 miles per hour
  • Life is unfair for the males of this animal, seen here; they're bald on top of their horns, while the female has hair
  • Geoffrey is this type of spokes-creature for Toys "R" Us
  • The okapi is a member of this tall animal's family (the only other member, in fact)
  • Fittingly, a sculpture of this animal stands 67 feet tall at the Dallas Zoo
  • Made public in Niger in 1999, a carving of this animal is over 20 feet high--even taller than life size
  • A faint constellation in the northern sky, Camelopardalis represents this animal
  • Camelopardalis

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