This document provides information about giraffes in several sections. It notes that giraffes eat up to 75 pounds of food per day, which includes acacia buds, and can drink 12 gallons of water in one sitting. Additional facts mentioned include giraffes having purple tongues, long tails, and the ability to run up to 35 mph. Pictures included show giraffe herds and necking behaviors. Resources for further information are also listed.

1. GIRAFFES
By: Ashleigh Loewen

2. GIRAFFES FOOD AND WATER
• Giraffes eat up to 75 pounds a day
and what they eat is acacia buds!!!
• Giraffes can drink up to 12 gallons of
water in one sitting!
• In the San Diego zoo giraffes enjoy
raw onions as special treat!

3. FUN FACTS ON GIRAFFES
• Their hearts beat up to 170 times a
minute.
• Giraffes don’t cry or bathe.
• One kick by a giraffe can kill a lion.
• Giraffes can moo, hiss, roar and
whistle to communicate.
• Giraffes have to longest tails of any
land mammal – It is 8 feet long.

4. MORE FUN FACTS
• Natural predators of giraffes are
lions, hyenas, and wild dogs.
• They weigh 1700 to 2800 pounds.
• Giraffes can run as fast as 35 mph
• A giraffe is the tallest land mammal.

5. EXTRA FUN FACTS
• Giraffes legs are 6 feet long.
• Female giraffes are pregnant for
about 15 months before giving
birth.
• Giraffes tongues are purple with
a little bit of black at the tip.
• Giraffes only live in Africa.

6. • Thanks for watching my expert
project on GIRAFFES
By: Ashleigh

7. PICTURE OF GIRAFFES
This is two giraffes necking!
This is a group of
giraffes called a
herd!

8. MORE PICS

9. RESOURCES
• www.kidsplanet.org/factsheet/gi
raffe.html
• www.kids.nationalgeographic.c
om/kids/./animals/creaturefeatur
e/giraffe
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10. PICTURE RESOURCES
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11. • Coming soon my next
expert project on…

12. Okapis