1. Giraffe
Power Point by: EH

2. Introduction My animal is the giraffe The scientific name is Giraffa
Cameiopardalis
Giraffes are mammals
There are a lot of different kinds
of giraffes

3. Physical Features For males the head and body length is 15-19 feet.
Height to the horns tips is feet.
Males weigh pounds.
Females weigh pounds.
The female giraffe is feet tall.
The giraffe has the longest tail of any land mammal.
Their tail can grow to be 8 feet 24 meters long.

4. Physical Features Continued
No two giraffes have the same spots.
Their horns are short and are covered with skin and hair.
They have large hooves.
Giraffes have large sandy to chestnut, spots closely spaced on a lighter background.
Giraffes have long necks to get food up on the trees.

5. Life Span
Healthy giraffes live about 25 years in the wild.

6. Habitat They live in Africa in Okapi. Giraffes make their homes
in the forest.
In Okapi they have
open woodlands.

7. Climate The weather is very hot in Africa.
They like to live in the hot grasslands.
They stay cool under tall trees.

8. Food Giraffes are herbivores. They eat leaves on the tallest trees.
The giraffes twist their tongue around the branch to pull the leaves.
Giraffes have 32 teeth, but no top front teeth.

9. prey Giraffes do not prey on animals. Lions hunt giraffes.
Giraffes kick and run away from lions.

10. behavior
A mother giraffe kicks the enemies to scare them to keep the baby giraffes safe.
Giraffes like to hug each other.

11. reproduction Giraffes breed between July and September.
They carry the baby
for 14 months.
When the baby is born
it weighs pounds.
The babies are standing
and nursing from their mother
an hour after birth.

12. Physical adaptations The giraffes have a long neck because they need
to reach the leaves to eat.
They have a lot of
competition in the grass
where they eat leaves.
Giraffes have long legs to
run away from lions and
to keep safe and not be eaten.
Giraffes have long tongues
to reach the leaves that are
high up above the giraffes.

13. Behavioral adaptations
Giraffes drink a lot of water at once, so that they can go days with out drinking water.
They kick their back legs at predators to defend themselves
They try not to bend their long neck down because it leaves them open to being attacked. That’s why they don’t drink often.
They sleep standing up and they always leave one eye open and the other eye closed so they can see predators coming toward them.

14. Physiological adaptations
Giraffes have tiny veins in their neck to prevent black outs when the lower their head.
They have good eye sight.
To see their prey and communicate with other giraffes that are far away.

15. Fun facts Giraffes have a blue tongue. Giraffes have the largest
heart of all mammals.
Giraffes have four stomachs.
All giraffes have different spots.