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Giraffes are animals that are big ruminant and are the tallest mammals which have Very long neck with short, upstanding mane, high shoulders sloping steeply to hindquarters; long legs nearly equal in length. The word giraffe means (camel marked like a leopard) .They have spotted pattern on their skin. They have a long prehensile tongue for grasping food and using their tongue for kneeling and drinking by spreading their legs wide apart. They live in Very social; found in loosely organized herds of up to 50 individuals. Giraffes main predators are lions, hyenas, wild dogs; usually only calves are vulnerable. Both young and adults are hunted by humans. What is the tallest animal in the world ? The tallest animal in the world is the adult giraffes from African Savannah, reaching an average height of 19.4 ft including horns of about 6-9 inch ( 15-22 cm)
Bharat feeding the reticulated giraffe
Masai Giraffe from San Diego Zoo
Reticulated giraffe at San Diego Wild Animal Park
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