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Giraffes
Julio Mendoza
Per. 2
May 23, 2008
Basic Information
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The giraffe is Africa's tallest mammal.
Adaptations
They drink large quantities of water
and, as a result, they can spend
long periods of time in dry, arid
areas.
A girrafe’s heart can weigh up to 22 pounds.
Ancestors
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A giraffes closest relative is the okapi.
Food Chain
Girrafes eat plants.
 Lions eat giraffes.
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Habitat
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Giraffes tend to live in dry, open wooded areas
in the savanna. They are grass-eating herbivores
and feed mainly on leaves and buds of acacia
trees