Giraffe

A giraffe is a beautiful animal with great big brown spots. Below are some giraffe facts and giraffe pictures. The giraffe is the tallest mammal in the world. Male giraffes can be over 5 metres tall and can weigh over 4000 pounds. Female giraffes are generally 1-2 feet shorter than male giraffes and weigh several hundred pounds less than the males do.

Giraffes' brown spots

As you can see in the pictures of giraffes below, giraffes have beautiful large brown spots covering their entire bodies, except their underbellies which you cannot really see very well. Each giraffe has a unique pattern of large brown spots. There are no two identical giraffes in the world.

Giraffe Pictures

Being the tallest land animal, Giraffes have long neck usually about 8 to 10 feet long and their forelegs are longer than hind legs. The long neck of a giraffe comes in handy for browsing tall trees for leaves which are what they eat most of the time. Both male giraffes and female giraffes have horns. Female giraffes have only 2 horns, but male giraffes can have more of them. Some males can have even 5 horns. Overall, giraffes are tall, beautiful and peaceful animals.

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