Giraffe's mainly eat twigs and leaves from Acacia and Combretum trees.
Giraffe eating leaves
They eat around 30 kg of twigs and leaves a day.
The gir
Long neck helps when eating
affe's long neck helps to reach tall trees that have leaves and twigs.
The Giraffe has a very strong and tough tongue that it uses to strip the leaves and twigs from the trees. Their tongue is around 46 centimetres long that they use to reach around the thorns.
On average Giraffe's eat for 16 - 20 hours per day
Giraffe's black tounge
A Giraffe can go without water for more than 7 days. When they do however drink water they drink more than 10 litres of water at one time.
Giraffe's are herbivores which means they do not eat meat
Watch the video and see what and how Giraffe's eat
Click here to watch Giraffe's during feeding time at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado
They eat around 30 kg of twigs and leaves a day.
The gir
The Giraffe has a very strong and tough tongue that it uses to strip the leaves and twigs from the trees. Their tongue is around 46 centimetres long that they use to reach around the thorns.
On average Giraffe's eat for 16 - 20 hours per day
A Giraffe can go without water for more than 7 days. When they do however drink water they drink more than 10 litres of water at one time.
Giraffe's are herbivores which means they do not eat meat