longest necked animal by: nh. scientific name for a giraffe is giraff camelopardalis common name is...
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GIRAFFESLongest necked animal
By: NH
INTRODUCTION• Scientific name for a
giraffe is giraff camelopardalis
• Common name is giraffe
• A giraffe is a herbivore• Giraffes have a very
long neck to help them get their food off of the trees
WHAT A GIRAFFE LOOKS LIKE• Brown dots and white stripes
surrounding the brown dots• Skin – colored horns• Long purple tongue• Long legs with split between hooved
feet• White lower legs• Long tail with long tufted end• Very long neck-about six feet• Large pointed ears that flop down
on the side of the head• Tail can be six feet long• Males weigh 2,600 pounds and
female weigh 1,500 pounds• Males are 4.3 16 feet and females
are 14 to 16 feet tall
LIFE SPAN• Giraffes can live for 25
years and so can their babies
• Giraffes live in deserts and the temperature in a desert is 120 degrees and can go down to 45 degrees
• Deserts have lots of sand and has very little rain each year so it is hard for a giraffe to survive
WHAT GIRAFFES EAT
• Leaves• Seedpods• Flowers• Fruit• Grass• Thorns
WHAT KINDS OF ANIMALS EAT GIRAFFES?
• Lions• Tigers• Cheetahs• Hyenas• Wild dogs
HABITAT• A giraffe lives in deserts all over
the world• Deserts can go up to 120 degrees
and can go down to 45 degrees• Giraffes live in grasslands• Giraffes live in forests
CLIMATE• The temperature in a desert is 120
degrees• A deserts temperature can also go
down to 45 degrees
BEHAVIOR
• When a giraffes sees a predator it starts to run very fast
• Giraffes can run up to 35 miles per hour
• When a giraffe sees a person come close up to it a giraffe will kick them in the face with its hooves
BABIES• Mate each year• Fifteen months
after mating a female gives birth to one calf
• After the baby drops to the ground, the mother licks it clean
• Then the baby will try to stand up and drink its mothers milk
PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS• Seven neck bones inside it’s neck• Very long neck to help it look out for it’s predator s
and to help it get it’s food• Very long legs to help it run very fast away from it’s
predators
PHYSICAL ADAPTATION S• Brown dots and white
stripes that help it blend in with trees
• Long neck to help it see its prey and to get its food
• Long eyelashes to help it not get any bugs in its eyes
• Little nose to help not get any flies in its nose
BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS
• Visual communication over several miles away
• Travel in large herds• Runs 35 miles per
hour• Large horns to help
them fight against other animals
FUN FACTS• When it has to get water they have to bend
their neck 20 feet down into the water• A giraffe has a very long purple tongue • Very long neck to help it get water• Little nose to help not get any sticks inside• Naps only 2 hours a day• Lives in herds witch means group together• The only animal that would eat a giraffe is a
lion