1. Adaptations of Mom the Giraffe
Structural
Neck: Giraffes use their long necks to reach for leaves high in trees. They only have seven vertebrae in their necks, the same as humans. Their neck has evolved over time in longer length due to competition of food.
Legs: Their front legs are longer than their back legs, which also helps them to reach the treetops.
Storage of Water: Living in a dry climate, giraffes have a hump in their back like a camel to store water as they travel.
Mammal
Behavioral
Sleep: Giraffes sleep for about only 5-30 minutes in 1 day and only a few members of the herd sleep at a time. They have adapted over time to this due to the increase of death during sleep.
Herds: Giraffes travel in herds because it rare that a lion will go after an adult giraffe when not sleeping. They are hard to tell apart and will surround young to protect them.
Sounds: Make a variety of sounds, including moos, roars, snorts, hisses, and grunts. They just very rarely do so. One sound giraffes make when they’re alarmed is a snort. These sounds help other herd members able to protect themselves.

2. Adaptations Of Dad the Elephant
Structural
Behavioral
Muscular trunk: serves as a nose, a hand, an extra foot, a signaling device and a tool for gathering food, tap water, dusting, digging and a variety of other functions.
Ears: large ears to hear predators and to keep in heat in colder temperatures and release heat in heat
Body Covering: no fur, allowing the body to cool quickly in warm temperatures
Migration: African elephants usually migrate at the beginning of the dry season, between June and November; heading toward more hospitable locations near rivers and water sources that are not prone to drying.
Travel in Herds: elephants travel in a herd for protection and to help raise young.
Communication: elephants communication through sounds of their trunks, pounding of their feet or spraying of water to allow the herd to get food, water or protection from predators.
Mammal

3. Mom’s and Dad’s Habitat
Giraffe Habitat: Sahara Desert in Eastern and Southern Africa. Open plains of the African Savanna inhabiting western and central regions of Africa
Elephant Habitat:
Sahara with forest inhabiting western and central regions of Africa and Savanna Desert in Eastern and Southern Africa

4. Solid Folded Rough Skin
Parent’s Traits #
Trait
Giraffe
Elephant 1
Body Type
Tall and Thin
Short and Stocky 2
Body Coat
Spotted Fur Coat
Solid Folded Rough Skin 3
Color
Brown/Tan
Gray 4
Feet
Hoofed Feet (12 in)
Elephant Feet 5
Teeth
No Tusk
Tusk 6
Tail
8 Foot
4 Foot 7
Eyes
Large/ Side
Small/ Side 8
Sex
Female
Male 9
Nose
Giraffe Nose
Trunk 10
Ears
Little Ears
Floppy Ears 11
Weight
lbs
lbs 12
Front Legs
8-10 feet
6 feet 13
Back Legs
8 feet
5 feet 14
Tongue
18 inches
6 inches 15
Skull
Horn-Like Shape
Honeycomb Shape
16.
Neck
Long
Short

5. Girelephant: AA Trunk Aa aa No Trunk AA Tall Aa aa Short AA Short Neck
Long Neck AA
Spots Aa aa
No Spots

6. Girelephant Genetics Trait Key Solid Folded Rough Skin
Offspring: A New Species Is Born
Girelephant Genetics Trait Key #
Trait
Homozygous
Dominant AA
Heterozygous Aa
Recessive aa 1
Body Type
Tall and Thin
Short and Stocky 2
Body Coat
Spotted Fur Coat
Solid Folded Rough Skin 3
Color
Gray
Brown/Tan 4
Feet
Elephant Feet
Hoofed Feet (12 in) 5
Teeth
No Tusk
Tusk 6
Tail
4 Foot
8 Foot 7
Eyes
Small/ Side
Large/ Side 8
Sex
Female
Male 9
Nose
Trunk
Giraffe Nose 10
Ears
Floppy Ears
Little Ears 11
Weight
lbs
lbs
lbs 12
Front Legs
8 feet
6 feet 13
Back Legs
5 feet 14
Tongue
18 inches
6 inches 15
Skull
Honeycomb Shape
Horn-Like Shape
16.
Neck
Long
Short

7. Adaptations and Evolution of the Calf
Habitat: The best climate for the Girelephant
calf (Luther) is the desert in Africa.
Adaptations:
The short and stocky body and a spotted gray
fur coat helps keep Luther warm and camouflaged
at night in the cool desert. His long neck and legs help
him see his predators from a far distance. His ears and
eyes help him hear predators coming, allowing him to
use his trunk to alert the other members of the herd.
Luther’s trunk also helps him bathe and drink water.
His long tongue, neck and tusk help him have easy access to
food low on the ground in a log or high up in the trees. The nice
thing about Luther is that he can store water for weeks at a time,
in his hump on his back (which he inherited from his mother) a
crucial adaptation to have in the hot desert climate.

8. Rhinoster Girelephant Eagolf Cold Milk
Trunk
4 legs
No Wings
Cold Milk
Live Birth
Hair