Transcript Giraffes
GIRAFFES Longest 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 • • • • BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS 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