🦒 Giraffes 🦒
The most impressive numbers about the coolest wild animal out there
Giraffes are the tallest mammals to walk the Earth. Their legs are taller than most humans, and even a newborn giraffe is taller than most people. Giraffes stand at around 4-5 meters high, with the tallest giraffes ever recorded being up to 5.9 meters. That’s taller than three men standing on each other’s shoulders. But that’s not all: a lot of other interesting facts about this animal have to do the crazy numbers related to it!
- 🦴 A male giraffe’s neck can reach almost three meters long, and it only has 7 neck vertebrae. That’s the same number of bones as a human neck.
- 👅 At a whopping 50 cm long, a giraffe’s tongue follows suit with its other lengthy features. Its deep purple color is due to dark melanin pigment.
- 💤 Giraffes can micro nap while standing, just like horses. They can survive with just 30 minutes of sleep a day.
- 🌿 Despite its impressive size, the giraffe’s diet is plant-based. An adult will consume around 30 kg of food per day.
- 💨 Giraffes can run at 60 km/h. That’s not too difficult when they have the longest stride of all African animals.
There has been a 40% decline in the global giraffe population over the last 30 years. Due to this, giraffe’s are now vulnerable and appear on the IUCN list. Consider donating to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation: Donate to Giraffe Conservation
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