Giraffes: The Most Fascinating Animals

Giraffes This research paper is about one of the most fascinating animals I have ever done researched about. This animal would be giraffes. I have researched and found a lot of interesting facts about giraffes. Some of the facts I found are, giraffes habitat, what they eat and more.

Giraffes only live in one continent. This continent is Africa. Giraffes are mostly in the countries of Chad and South Africa. Giraffes need a lot of room to roam , so giraffes enjoy living in the savannas that are found in Africa. There they can enjoy tall trees and open plains. A giraffe’s home range is around 8 and 50 square miles. This all sounds great for a giraffe’s habitat, but their habitat seems to keep getting small because of humans using the giraffes habitat area for building roads or buildings.

Giraffes are the tallest land mammal on earth. A giraffe’s leg alone is at least 6ft tall. That is as tall as a person! A giraffe’s neck is also 6ft long and weighs at least 600 pounds. The average male giraffe weighs around 2,600 pounds and is 16ft to 20 ft tall. The average female giraffe ,however, is smaller than the the male giraffe(also known as a Bull) by 800 pounds! a female giraffe
Thats over a year! Female giraffes give birth while standing. As odd as that sounds, it's true. A baby giraffe ,at birth , weighs around 150 pounds and is 6 ft tall. The infant can grow an inch a day! thats really fast for an animal to grow! A young giraffe can stand up between 30 minutes to a hour. About 10 hours later the baby giraffe can run with all of the other giraffes. A baby giraffe will nurse from their mothers for 9 to 12 months. A male giraffe will continue living with their mother until he is about 15 months. Then he will go form a group with other male giraffes. A female giraffe will stay with their mother until they are about 18 months. The female giraffe will continue to stay with their