Thursday 17 October 2013

7 Facts About Giraffe

Hi friends! Do you know giraffe? Now I want to tell you some facts about giraffe. Let's check it out!

First, the habitat of giraffe is in accacia forest. Accacia tree's height is tall, so giraffe can easily take the leaf or branch's skin for eat.

Second, giraffe is an african endemic mammal which lives in Sub-Saharan Africa. Giraffe can be found from Chad (Middle-Africa) untul South Africa.


Third, there is anothe kind of giraffe. Do you know white giraffe?
Yes, the picture above show there is another type of giraffe. The white one is white giraffe. White giraffe is very hard to find. But this white giraffe is not albino, because it still has colour pigments. We can find it in the eyes. So, the albino giraffe has not found yet.



This is Okapi
Fourth, Okapi is the nearest sibling of giraffe. Giraffe family is Giraffidae then this is divided into two genus, Giraffa and Okapia.

Fitfh, giraffe has two little horns in the head. These horns can be used to define the male and the female giraffe. Female giraffe has hair on the top of the horns and the male giraffe does not.

Sixth, the front legs of giraffe is longer than the back legs. It makes giraffe's backbone is aslant down along with its tail.

And the last, giraffe's heart has to work harder to pump out the blood to the brain because the neck is very long. So, the giraffe's heart is very big and the weight up to 10 kilograms.

Yeah, those are the facts about giraffe that can I give for you. Hope it will useful :)







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