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Giraffe is an amazing fauna with amazing behavior and cool facts. The male is larger than female and can grow up to 3 thousand pounds and 5,5 meters tall. Here, we are going to explore 10 other amazing facts about giraffe.
Fact 1:

Word Giraffe is adopted from Arab dictionary Xirapha. In Arab, Xirapha means “fast walker”. The Latin is Giraffa camelopordalis and the long neck animal is capable to eat 100 pounds of leaves daily.
Fact 2:
Zoologist nicknames male Giraffe with “bull”, giraffe female with cow, giraffe cub with calf and giraffe groups as a herd. Cow has max height up to 4,3 meters and it is amazing fact that a baby of giraffe need mere an hour to stand on their own legs.
Fact 3:
They have view similarity with a camel. They are born with a small hump on their back. Little bit different then camel, their favorite leaves is acacia and wild apricot. In normal condition, camel drinks 10 gallons of water daily.
Fact 4:
The interior of Giraffe neck lays ultra flexible blood vessel. it is sensitive but also strong. In a herd, the neck is used as a weapon when they are fighting with other giraffe.
Fact 5:

Giraffe is a fast runner and has strong legs too. Their 26 pounds heart can pump the giraffe to run up to 37mph in a critical event. The bone on their legs can crash lion’s skull once they hit it strong.
Fact 6:
A giraffe tongue is average 18 inches up to 27 inches. It is not only useful to grab leaves but also to neutralize leaves from torn, bugs or any thing that would harm them.
Fact 7:
Giraffe is not soundproof as we know. They chats, send regards and hi on an infrasonic to ultrasonic level. Bat, cat, and dogs sure hear it.
Fact 8:
Giraffe is hardly sitting down and quiet. They are standing when they sleep even gave birth. When they delver their baby, they let their baby drop 6 feet off the ground so they could breath. Other cool thing about them, Giraffe only need sleep time 5 to 30 minutes day.
Fact 9;
In wild, Giraffe has chance to live 25 year and in the zoo they can survive for up to 28 years
Fact 10:

Giraffe spot is identity and no spot similar. The darker the color, the older they are. From 10 giraffe facts above, which one you never heard before?

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