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G r e a t G i r a f f e s. P r e s e n t e d b y M i c a h B o d n e r. Introducing The Giraffe . Giraffes are mammals. They have very long necks. The tallest Giraffe is up to nineteen feet tall!. Introducing the Giraffe . Male giraffes are called bulls. Females are called cows.
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Great Giraffes PresentedbyMicahBodner
Introducing The Giraffe • Giraffes are mammals. • They have very long necks. • The tallest Giraffe is up to nineteen feet tall!
Introducing the Giraffe • Male giraffes are called bulls. • Females are called cows.
Giraffes And Their Homes • Giraffes once lived all over Africa. • Today giraffes live on the grasslands of southern and eastern Africa. • Giraffes can also be found in zoos all over the world. • I got to feed one at the zoo in Wichita.
Giraffes Habits • Giraffes sleep only a half an hour a day. • It normal takes a wile to stand up unless a predator is attacking. • giraffes take turns protecting each other when they eat and sleep.
Giraffes andtheir Babies • For a mother giraffe to give birth it has to in grasslands. • It takes up to an hour to give birth! • When the baby is being born it drops six feet to the ground.
Baby Giraffes Born In a Zoo • The mother giraffe get her own stall the stall has thick straw • The zookeepers watch them to make sure the calf dose not get hurt • After the baby is born the mother licks it clean just like in the wild.
Bibliography • Jonson, Marine. Giraffes and their babies. New York: power kids press, 1999. Print. • “Giraffe.” “A to Z animals.”A to Z –animals /animals/giraffe.