Gestation Period:
440 days
Young:
1, rarely 2
Mass:
♂ 1200 kg, ♀ 850 kg
Shoulder Height:
♂ 330 cm, ♀ 280 cm
Life Expectancy:
28 years
The Giraffe is the tallest land animal, reaching up to 5 meters in height.
With an extremely healthy population of giraffe at Mount Etjo, you can sometimes find groups of as many as 50 animals together.
Even with such a long neck, the giraffe only have 7 neck vertebrates , the same as us.
Giraffes do lay down to rest, but remain standing if they sleep.