Facts About the Giraffes at Lake Mburo

1. Giraffes are the tallest mammal species in the world reaching a height up to six meters.
2. Just like human beings, giraffes have seven vertebrae in their necks.
3. Giraffes own two feet long heart that weighs approximately twelve kilograms.
4. Giraffes mainly feed by grazing, feeding on plants leaves, flowers, fruits and many more and they posses teeth that help them to grind food.
5. It is really hard to believe though it’s the fact each giraffe on earth has distinctive pattern of spots varying in shape, size.
6. Giraffes give birth while standing and the new born calve can walk with in an hour after birth, their gestation period is almost 400–460 days (13-15) months.
7. Giraffes use their long neck as weapon while fighting they also make use of neck to reach far heights while accessing for food up in tall trees.
8. The tongue of the giraffe is black and it can measure up to fifty centimeters twenty-one inches long.
9. Giraffes can live in the wilderness between ten to fifteen years; the female giraffe gets to be sexually active between the age of three to four years whiles the male between four to five years.
10. In case of any sudden attack by predators and other creator’s giraffe make noise as way of ensuring security to them selves by grunting as well as moaning.