2.  Biome – Savannah near acacia trees  Type of home – Everywhere  Doesn’t make its home

3.  As tall as a bus standing up  Height- 16 to 18 feet  Weight-Males 2,400 -3,000 Females 1,600- 2,000  Color – White and yellow or white and black and yellow  Type of skin- fur

4.  Herbivore  Kinds of food – trees, bushes, leaves from the acacia trees are their favorite  How they get food- graze the trees and bushes

5.  # of babies- one or two  How cared for- keep babies in nursery and stay close to babies to camouflage them  Protection- use feet or run  Unusual behaviors-combination of genders or ages  Other- A giraffe’s tongue is 15 inches long  Other – healthy giraffes live to be 25 years old

6.  Defenders http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_ habitat/wildlife/giraffe.php http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_ habitat/wildlife/giraffe.php  Honolulu http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_ habitat/wildlife/giraffe.poho http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_ habitat/wildlife/giraffe.poho  Giraffes. Bobbie Kalman. Crabtree Publishing Company. 1997