Giraffe

As everyone knows the Giraffe is the tallest living animal standing over 18 feet tall when full grown. Its legs alone may be 6 feet tall. When a baby giraffe is born it averages 6 feet tall and 150 pounds. A baby grows up fast adding around 4 feet in the first year and by the time it is 5 years old it's almost a full-grown giraffe. Reticulated giraffes all have large brown spots with white borders but no two giraffes have the exact same pattern. With their height and good eyesight giraffes keep a look out for danger. Adult giraffes can run fairly fast, about 35 miles per hour, but usually meander 10 miles per hour. Like other animals giraffes do sleep but they usually sleep standing up and only for a few minutes at a time. When feeding among the treetops , giraffes use their very long, black tongue to grasp leaves; the tongue can be 18 inches long and gives the giraffes that extra little bitit needs to get the choicest leaves. Each giraffe needs to eat hundreds of leaves a week.

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