![]() Winter months are spent in our temperature controlled barn however, on mild days, with no snow on the ground, giraffes are allowed access to their yard to stretch their legs. Poachers harvest giraffe for their hair, skin, and meat., Animal Adventures welcomed giraffes in May 2015, (sic) after a 50 year absence of exhibition in Broome County. The giraffe is well equipped with a deadly kick than is capable of killing attackers. The reticulated giraffe has the most colorful and unique markings of the nine subspecies., Giraffes have very few natural predators due to their enormous size (sic) but may fall victim to lions, hyenas, and even crocodiles. Much like a snow flake, no two giraffes are identical. The calves are on their feet in less than an hour, after falling seven feet from their mother during birth., Each giraffe is born with a unique pattern on their skin. Calves are born six feet tall and weigh 220 lbs. This is when two male giraffes swing their massive necks, striking each other, using their horns (ossicones), to subdue and defeat their opponents., Female giraffes have a gestation of up to 15 months. When males converge on accepting females, they will engage in a fight behavior called “necking”. Otherwise, male giraffes tend to prefer a bachelor life style. During their lives, males tend to be nomadic, coming and going from small groups of female giraffes for mating purposes. During the day, when the animal is not feeding, giraffes chew cud, (sic) from the stomach chambers, further aiding in digestion., Giraffes are the tallest mammal, capable of reaching 18 feet in height, and typically live about 25 years in the wild. Reticulated giraffes are ruminates, just like cattle, and their stomachs have four parts. The giraffe uses its massive tongue (up to 18 inches long) to scrape off the leaves of tree branches, consuming (sic) thorns, bark, bugs and anything else on the branch. Giraffes feed by browsing, which typically means they eat continuously throughout the day. There are a total of nine subspecies of giraffes that call Africa home., Main text, Giraffes are herbivores (sic) with a staple of Acacia, Commiphora, and Terminalia leaves in the diet. , Sidebar, Reticulated giraffes are a giraffe subspecies that live in open woodlands and wooded grasslands in Somalia, northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia.
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