Giraffes By exploring this report you will learn about the similarities and differences between humans and giraffes. Get ready to travel into the world of a giraffe. You will experience how beautiful it feels to be taller than some trees. Explore their extreme characteristics, diet and habitat. They sometimes display human-like behavior regarding their environment. We examine their world from birth to death. Do you know how giraffes respond to their environment? One of the ways is the way giraffes use their hooves. They can do many things with their hooves, such as using them to stand up and walk. Another thing they can do with their hooves is run fast. They also use their hooves to defend themselves by using them to attack and scare off their predators. Their hooves are one of the many extreme features of giraffes. Now you will learn about some other extreme characteristics of giraffes: their legs, skin color, and neck. To bend down, the giraffe spreads its front legs and then lowers its head to lick salt from a natural salt deposit. A giraffe can even move its legs at a forty-five degree angle. These animals can run very fast thanks to their long legs and hard hooves. The coloration of their skin provides excellent camouflage because it has many spots of different sizes and colors. Because its neck is so long, a giraffe can reach food, such as leaves and shoots, found high in trees. Here are some other facts I would like to share with you about giraffes' response to the environment. Giraffes can be found in the forested grasslands of Africa, but mostly in savannah areas in the sub-Saharan part of Africa. Usually forms families of three to fifteen giraffes. Another interesting fact...... middle of paper...... At the age of six months, a giraffe's coat turns dark brown and white. They drink their mother's milk and also like to eat grass. When they are one year old, their horns are thick, their hooves are large, and they are so tall that they can reach the tops of some trees. Have you ever thought about having a giraffe as a pet? After reading this report, you probably know that this wouldn't be a good idea. Giraffes are beautiful, wild animals that need lots of space to roam. It would also be very expensive to feed them because they eat seventy-five pounds of vegetation every day! Plus, a giraffe costs around $25,000! Additionally, because they are considered wild animals, some states require a permit while others make it illegal to have a giraffe as a pet. Maybe it's because they also think that giraffes should be left in nature where they can be happy and healthy.