Giraffe

Table of Contents
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Predator and Prey
• 3. Food chain
• 4. Behaviors
• 5. Species
• 6. Weight
• 7. height
• 8. Life span
• 9. Reproduction
• 10. Communication
 Introduction
Giraffes are the tallest mammal to ever roam the earth
and they still are now.
Giraffes are herbivores who mostly eat the trees in plains
in Africa.
They are peaceful creatures who roam the fields all day
long escaping from predators or just running around enjoying
life.
 Predator and Prey
• Giraffes are herbivores which shows they don’t have prey but they
do eat plants, most of the time, Giraffes eat the leaves of the trees
called the Acacia. This tree has lots of sharp thrones which will cut
most animals tongue but the giraffe have long and thick tongue
that makes it hard to get pierced.
• The Giraffes only predator is the African Plain Lion which
rarely ever attack a grown Giraffes because of the risk of
injury.
Weight:
A male Giraffe is about 1200 Ibs and female is
about 850 Ibs.
Height:
Giraffes are mostly 14 ft to 17 ft tall but the
tallest recording ever was 20 ft.
Life span:
A Giraffe would live for 20 to 25 years but it
would live to about 28 years.
 Communication

Giraffes communicate by mostly necking but

sometimes with body odor to attract or distract from other
Giraffes. When necking, sometimes it means a hug but
sometimes it is a fight.
 Species

• Kingdom : Animalia
• Phylum : Chordata
• Class : Mammalia
• Order : Artiodactyla
• Family : Giraffidae
• Genus : Giraffa
• Species : G. cameloparadalis
Giraffe Food Chain

Sun

Lions

Giraffes

Plants, Trees, Fruit

 Behaviors
Lots of males neck and fight each other over females and
this could end up really fatal because of the great powerful
kicks that they give each other can break each other legs.
This would result in Giraffes being not able to move and
getting eaten by predators like Lions.
Reproduction

When a calf is born, it is born alive unlike some other animals

that are born in eggs (fish mostly). Within a few hours, calf that
was born could run around and play but for the first 2-3 weeks ,
calf stay close to their mothers so they don’t get eaten.
Pregnancy for Giraffes is about 400 days , so more than a year.
Unfortunately, only 25% to 50% of the calves make it to
adulthood.