Can you sleep just half an hour a day? A Giraffe can.
Here are some very interesting Giraffe facts that I am sure you never knew….
Giraffes sleep only about half an hour per day, usually in shorter nap form.
The Giraffe is the tallest animal in the world reaching a height of 18 feet or more.
A newborn giraffe is about 6 feet tall when it is born.
The giraffe has to spread its legs apart of kneel down to take a drink since its neck is too short to reach the ground otherwise.
A giraffe pregnancy lasts approximately 15 months.
A male giraffe is known as a bull and a female as a cow. The baby giraffe is called a calf.
The Giraffe has a prehensile tongue, which allows it to grasp objects such as leaves.
No two giraffes have the same pattern.
Not all giraffes have spots. There have been rare documented cases of albino giraffes and also of solid beige ones with no spots at all!
The Giraffe is the tallest animal in the world reaching a height of 18 feet or more.
A newborn giraffe is about 6 feet tall when it is born.
The giraffe has to spread its legs apart of kneel down to take a drink since its neck is too short to reach the ground otherwise.
A male giraffe is known as a bull and a female as a cow. The baby giraffe is called a calf.
The Giraffe has a prehensile tongue, which allows it to grasp objects such as leaves.
No two giraffes have the same pattern.
Not all giraffes have spots. There have been rare documented cases of albino giraffes and also of solid beige ones with no spots at all!
























