#所见所得, very scientific # tallest animal
Giraffes are undoubtedly the tallest animals in the world today. It has an outstretched neck and is 6 meters tall when it raises its head, 1/3 taller than the tallest elephant.
The giraffe is a ruminant cloven-hoofed animal that lives in Africa. Adult males can reach up to 5.88 meters and weigh up to 1930 kg, females can reach 4.7 meters, females can reach 1180 kg, and adult females are smaller than males.
Giraffes are covered with patches of varying sizes of maroon, orange, brown or black, separated by light-colored patterns.
Their necks are particularly long, consisting of 7 cervical vertebrae, each nearly 40 cm, with short, straight manes. The top of the head has a pair of short horns, the horns are very special, they are bone protrusions covered with fur, and the ears are large, the eyes are large, the tongue is long and can be curled. The body is relatively short , with slender limbs , a slender tail , and a tuft of long black hairs at the end.
Giraffes live in herds on the savannahs of Africa, and because of their special body structure and extremely inconvenient transportation, they are of high value and are classified as rare animals.
Typically, giraffes have a lifespan of about 20 years.
In the grasslands of Kenya, Africa, its mottled flower clothes and the surrounding leaves are cleverly fused together, and even if it is close to the beast, it is not easy to find, so it can avoid "disaster".
The giraffe's eyes are large and flexible, and the field of view is vast, like a telescope mounted on a towering lookout, which is most suitable for detecting the enemy. The giraffe walked gently, but if it ran fast, even the fast horse could not catch up with it.
The giraffe's skin is about 20 mm thick, so it can be worn through a variety of thorny bushes without pain.
Giraffes are extremely thirst-tolerant and often go months without drinking water. It's not that it doesn't need water, it's that it gets moisture from young buds.
The giraffe is a "mute" who does not make a sound even in times of extreme pain or horror, even when torn apart by an African lion, because it has no vocal cords.
Why do giraffes have such long necks? Originally, the ancestors of giraffes were long-necked and short-necked. When famine came, the long-necked ones were able to reach the leaves and survive, and the short-necked ones starved to death because they could not reach the leaves, and were naturally eliminated. #夏日大作战 #
