Giraffes can live for about 25 years in the wild.

Giraffes can live for about 25 years in the wild, is that true? Here in this article, we will answer you this animal facts and give some funny images to make it funnier for your reading.

Likelihood of Living to Adulthood

In most cases, giraffes are very social animals. A herd of about 40 giraffes is mostly composed of females and calves with several bulls, or male giraffes mixed in. The young male giraffes move together with the older males and are more solitary and love to live alone.

While in captivity, a giraffe can live for about 28 years or even longer. Many giraffes do not make it into adulthood because more than half of all calves are killed by hyenas, lions, and other predators within the first year after birth.

Protective Features

Giraffes have different features that help them stay safe from predators. For one thing, they are fast, tall, and very strong. This means that it does not have many enemies. The major predators of the giraffe are hyenas, Nile crocodiles, and lions.

With the help of its speed, a baby giraffe is able to get away from such predators. A giraffe can run close to 30 mph and this makes it easier to escape its enemies. However, the giraffe can only keep up with this speed for a short distance. Once it gets tired, a lion can try to knock it down by taking out its long legs.

Another great feature that helps the giraffe survive in the wild is its long neck. The long neck provides the giraffe with a good view of the terrain and therefore it can spot lions and hyenas at a distance. The giraffe is also very powerful. With just one swift kick, it can crush the spine or skull of any attacking lion.

Risk of Endangerment

Although giraffes may seem as though they are at a low risk of becoming endangered, some species are shrinking in number. The Uganda giraffes, for example, are becoming smaller in number. Only 445 giraffes live in the wild. This is because they are hunted for meat and habitat destruction is also becoming a threat.

Facts about the Diet of a Giraffe

In the wild, giraffes primarily eat the leaves and twigs of acacia, mimosa, wild apricot trees and eat some fruit.

Giraffes live in habitats where the available food varies throughout the year. During the dry season, giraffes eat evergreen leaves, however, once the rainy season begins, they switch to new leaves and stems that sprout on deciduous trees. Also, twigs and branches are pulled into the mouth of the giraffe with their long and dextrous tongues. In the wild giraffes can eat up to 66 kilograms of food daily.

Funny pics of Giraffes

When there is a choice, male, female, baby giraffe feed in different ways. Males concentrate on leaves from the highest branches, while the females arch their necks to eat closer to the ground. Because of this characteristic behaviour, a giraffe can be identified as either male or female from a long distance away simply by its stance while eating. Male giraffes are also more inclined to wander into dense woodland, a habitat that females generally avoid.

Giraffes drink large quantities of water and as a result, they can spend long periods of time in dry, arid areas. When searching for more food they will venture into areas with denser foliage. The giraffe has tough lips to ensure there is no damage to their mouths when chewing at trees and twigs such as thorns.

Giraffes in captivity are generally fed on alfalfa hay and pellets, apples, carrots, bananas and browse (elm and alder are favourites).

Source factoflife

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