| A Giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue! |
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| A Giraffe has the same number of bones in its neck as a man. |
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| A giraffe is pregnant for about 15 months. |
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| A giraffe usually sleeps standing up because it can take too long to get up if a predator approaches. |
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| Adult giraffes have no natural predators except lions. |
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| An adult giraffe's tongue is 17 inches long. |
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| Each time a giraffe picks up its neck it picks up 550 pounds. |
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| Female giraffes weigh 1540-2600 lb (700-1182 kg) on average. |
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| Giraffa means 'one who walks swiftly'. |
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| Giraffes are actually not mute; they make sounds such as grunts, snorts, and other vocalizations. |
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| Giraffes are one of the few animals born with horns. |
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| Giraffes are the tallest animals on Earth. |
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| Giraffes are unable to cough. |
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| Giraffes can go for weeks without drinking water, they get most of the water they require from plants they eat. |
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| Giraffes have the highest blood pressure of any land mammal. They need a very big heart to pump the blood all the way up to their head. |
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| Male and female giraffes tend to eat from different parts of a tree to ensure that the sexes do not compete for food. |
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| Male giraffes weigh 2420-4250 lb (1100-1932 kg) on average. |
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| No 2 giraffes have the exact same spot pattern. |
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| Oxpecker birds like to help giraffes by eating bugs off their backs. |
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| Scientists believe that other animals congregate near giraffes to take advantage of the giraffes very good eyesight and ability to see danger from a distance. |
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| The giraffe can drink 12 gallons in one sitting. |
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| The giraffes closest living relative is the okapi - it's the only other animal in the same family as the giraffe. |
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| The giraffes life span is 20 to 25 years. |
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| When a giraffe's baby is born it falls from a height of six feet, normally without being hurt. |
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| You would have to run in order to keep up with a giraffe walking because every step a giraffe takes is 15 feet long. |
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