Giraffe

Whew! It's blazing hot in the African savannah and a herd of giraffes is traveling to the water hole. After a mother gets a drink of her own, she nurses a month old calf. Within minutes of being born, a giraffe can stand up on spindly legs and soon walk. Giraffes are known for being incredibly tall with spots all over them. A giraffe's average height is about 16 feet but they can be 18 feet tall! A baby giraffe is about 6 feet tall. Giraffes are herbivores and eat leaves on trees. A giraffe is lucky if it finds a large tree because there are not many trees in the savannah in which they live in. Giraffes don't have a lot of predators because their height is so tall, but occasionally lions attack shorter young giraffes. There are many types of giraffes that live throughout Africa. Depending on the type of giraffe, giraffes have different kinds of spots. Although giraffes all have brown splotches, no two giraffes spots are exactly the same. Giraffes are very well known animals and gaze down on the enormous savannah and all the animals in it. Giraffes are great animals of the savannah and should never be harmed or hunted because of their beauty.

By Tessa Sagner