Report - Giraffes

Did you know that the giraffe is the tallest animal in the world and every giraffe has its own unique pattern?

A giraffe has a large heart so it can pump blood to its head and legs.  Girafffe can only sit down for 10 ro 12 minutes that is why they lean their head on their back because if they sit down for too long they will die. 

A baby mammal looks like a mini version of the adult.  Mother mammals feed their babies milk.  Horses are mammals as well as giraffes and elephants.  Did you know that a female giraffe is called a cow, a male giraffe is called a bull, and a baby is called a calf?  

Giraffe live all over Africa.  They can live in grasslands or places with green grass.  A giraffe is a herbivore, that means they eat plants.  A giraffes favourite food is thorns and leaves.

 Giraffe are getting hunted down by poachers.  Poachers are people who hunt and kill animals illegally.  Once,  in the olden days, there were lots of giraffe but people hunt and kill too many giraffe so the numbers are much lower now.  There is only 450 of a certain kind of giraffe left in the world.  Cows and bulls live until they are 25 years old but they can live for longer in the Zoo.  

By Lucy