Giraffes

 Giraffes

The long and characteristic neck they possess places these African herbivorous mammals as the tallest animal on the planet. Only the legs of a giraffe are taller than many human beings. These allow giraffes to reach speeds of up to 50 km / h in short distances and walk for long distances at a speed of 15 km / h. Typically, these fascinating animals roam the open grasslands in small groups of about half a dozen.



The pattern of the brown spots on their yellow skin depends on the region where each of the existing subspecies lives. They can grow to between five and six meters tall, live for approximately twenty to twenty-five years and are usually very gentle animals. Dominant males are those with the greatest reproductive success, a rank that is achieved through "necking", a behavior typical of giraffes. It is a competition between two males who use their necks as a weapon against each other, hitting each other repeatedly until one of them stands as the winner and, therefore, as the dominant male.



The gestation period of these animals is more than a year, they only give birth to one specimen per parturition and in a short time they are able to get up and walk. Until very recently, the scientific consensus defended that there was only one species of giraffe from which several subspecies came. However, in 2016 some scientists published a study stating that genetic differences between giraffe populations indicate the existence of four different species.

 



 

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Reference:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com.es/animales/jirafa

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