You can almost touch me!
Baringo Giraffe, facts:
Eats up to 75 pounds of food a day (typically Acacia leaves)
Favorite food – Acacia Leaves
Tongue is 18 inches long
Have a four chambered stomach and will regurgitate their food for additional chewing – similarly to a cow.
Typically get most of their water from the Acacia leaf, but will drink up to 10 gallons of water per day.
Knobs are called Ossicones
Although rarely heard, Giraffes can moo, hiss, roar and whistle to communicate with one another
Have the longest tail of any land mammal – up to 8 feet long, including the tuft at the end.
Ancient Romans and Greeks thought that the Giraffe was a mix between a camel and a leopard. This is where their scientific Genus name of "camelopardalis" comes from.
Santa Barbara Zoo. California.
You can almost touch me!
Baringo Giraffe, facts:
Eats up to 75 pounds of food a day (typically Acacia leaves)
Favorite food – Acacia Leaves
Tongue is 18 inches long
Have a four chambered stomach and will regurgitate their food for additional chewing – similarly to a cow.
Typically get most of their water from the Acacia leaf, but will drink up to 10 gallons of water per day.
Knobs are called Ossicones
Although rarely heard, Giraffes can moo, hiss, roar and whistle to communicate with one another
Have the longest tail of any land mammal – up to 8 feet long, including the tuft at the end.
Ancient Romans and Greeks thought that the Giraffe was a mix between a camel and a leopard. This is where their scientific Genus name of "camelopardalis" comes from.
Santa Barbara Zoo. California.