1. Giraffes
Longest necked animal
By: NH

2. 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

3. 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 feet and females are 14 to 16 feet tall

4. 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

5. Leaves
Seedpods
Flowers
Fruit
Grass
Thorns
What Giraffes eat

6. What kinds of Animals eat Giraffes?
Lions
Tigers
Cheetahs
Hyenas
Wild dogs

7. 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

8. Climate The temperature in a desert is 120 degrees
A deserts temperature can also go down to 45 degrees

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. Physical Adaptation s
Brown dots and white stripes that help it blend in with trees
Long neck to help it see its prey and to get its food
Long eyelashes to help it not get any bugs in its eyes
Little nose to help not get any flies in its nose

13. Behavioral Adaptations
Visual communication over several miles away
Travel in large herds
Runs 35 miles per hour
Large horns to help them fight against other animals

14. 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