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This is a place where you can find out information about the description, reproduction, food, location and environment of Giraffe's.
It is an exciting and interactive website where you can have fun while you learn.

{giraffe.jpg} Giraffes are the tallest animals of all. They have long legs and long necks. There are 7 bones in their necks, the same as in ours. Males can grow to nearly five and a half metres tall, and females to nearly five metres tall.
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of two differnetdifferent sub-species breed,
Giraffes have horns called ossicones. These are fur-covered bumps on their skulls, unlike the horns of other animals.
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Below is an example of a necking battle
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hard time surviving thoughsurviving, with only about ¼1/4 of them the very beginningbeginnning the mother it is the most vulnerable. them rejoin to the rest the herd.
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Watch the video to see baby giraffe's

The calf is about 2 metres tall, and during its first week it grows about a centimetre a day. About an hour after birth, the calf can walk. It suckles milk from its mother, but starts nibbling at other food within days.
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mate with the females. These necking battles.
Since Since these giraffes a necking battle.battle
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The calf has a very hard time surviving though with only about ¼ of them making it through the first year of life. They are prime targets for predators. In the very beginning the mother will be isolated with her young and that is when it is the most vulnerable. The chances of survival increase when the two of them rejoin to the rest of the herd.
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baby giraffe's
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{reproduction.png} Female giraffes give birth to a calf about 15 months after mating with a male. The mother gives birth standing up, so the calf drops to the ground.
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The calf is about 2 metres tall, and during its first week it grows about a centimetre a day. About an hour after birth, the calf can walk. It suckles milk from its mother, but starts nibbling at other food within days.
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