Giraffes can feed close to the ground, too, but research has shown that they prefer to eat at heights between 7 and 14 feet. Some people suggest giraffes' long necks are a sort of early warning system, allowing them to spot approaching predators. Most biologists say this theory is not likely, though. They suspect we would see many more animals with long necks if this were a real advantage and useful form of self-protection.
Giraffes have very few predators. Besides humans, giraffes are hunted only by lions and crocodiles. When necessary, giraffes defend themselves with a very powerful and deadly kick, and then make a run for it at speeds up to 30 miles per hour.
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Thanks for sharing a fun fact you learned about baby giraffes today, Adel! We think Madalyn's logic is clever and creative! We are undergoing some spring clearing site maintenance and need to temporarily disable the commenting feature. The giraffe, with its long neck, is the tallest living animal. Males are able to reach a height of 18ft 5. Male giraffes tend to be taller than females and can feed on the higher branches of trees. This height difference means that male and female giraffes do not have to fight for food.
Like most other hoofed mammals, giraffes and okapis sleep standing up. Giraffe are thus equipped to exploit a band of foliage beyond the reach of all other terrestrial browsers, except for elephant. Their 45 cm long tongue combined with a modified atlas-axis joint that lets the head extend vertically, further increases the height advantage. Giraffe can browse the crowns of small trees; big bulls can reach higher than cows.
Giraffe feed mainly on broad leaved deciduous foliage in the rains and on evergreen species in other seasons. A reinforced skull usually absorbs the impact of these blows, but occasionally an animal is knocked unconscious and very rarely even dies during such a fight. In the upper neck, a complex pressure-regulation system called the rete mirabile prevents excess blood flow to the brain, when the giraffe lowers its head to drink.
Conversely, the blood vessels in the lower legs are under great pressure because of the weight of fluid pressing down on them. In other animals, such pressure would force the blood out through the capillary walls.
To help with this, their skulls are unusually thick and they have horn-like growths called ossicones on the tops of their heads. This led many people to write off the whole sex idea. Once the necks had reached a certain length, males could use them for necking and clubbing — and at that point sexual selection took over, driving the necks to their current extreme lengths.
Peacocks and birds of paradise aside, there are many birds of which the male seems to have developed colourful plumage as a result of sexual selection, but the females are also brightly coloured.
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