1. Giraffes’ are the tallest mammal in the world. They can grow up to 6 meters. Even a newborn giraffe is taller than most humans.
2. A giraffe’s neck is too short to reach the ground, as a result, it has to awkwardly spread its front legs or kneel to reach the ground for a drink of water
3. They can run 35 miles an hour over a short distance
4. Giraffes only need to drink once every few days since most of their water comes from the plants they eat
5. Giraffe’s spend most of their lives standing up; they even sleep and give birth standing up
6. The giraffe calf can stand up and walk after about an hour of being on earth and within a week it starts to sample vegetation
7. Giraffe spots are much like human fingerprints; there are no two individual giraffes with the same exact pattern
8. Giraffes only need 5-30 minutes of sleep in a 24-hour period! They often achieve that in quick naps that may last one or two minutes
9. Both male and female giraffes have two distinct hair-covered horns called Ossicones. Male giraffes sometimes use their horns to fight with other males
10. Despite the females’ attempt to stand over calves in case of an attack from lions, leopards, and wild dogs, many calves are killed in their first few months
11. Whereas many think giraffes do not make sounds, this is not true as giraffes bellow, snort, hiss, and make flute-like sounds as well as low-pitch noises beyond the range of human being
