Giraffe By Maddie

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GiraffeBy Maddie

• Im choosing the giraffe, because it just looks
  nice and interesting.
• Giraffes are curious.
• The oldest known giraffe lived in a wildlife park
  and lived to be 20.
• Most wild giraffes only live to be 10 years old.

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Physical Description

• Each kind of giraffe has a different pattern of
  spots.
• A giraffe's neck is about 2 meters long.
• A giraffe weighs up to 3,000 pounds, and can be
  18 feet tall.
• Giraffes are quiet animals, but they do bellow
  and grunt.
• They have very good sight and hearing.

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Habitat

• The giraffes that live in the wild live in South
  Africa.
• They live on the grassy plains wherever trees
  are.
• A group of giraffes is called a herd.

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Diet

• The giraffes favorite food is the leaves of the
  acacia tree.
• They occasionally will eat fruits.
• A giraffe eats most of the time and eats about 65
  pounds of food a day.
• A giraffe is an herbivore.
• They have to spread their legs to get a drink.

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Babies

• A baby giraffe is called a calf.
• A mother giraffe cleans its baby.
• The 6 foot tall calf grows an inch a day.
• They have one baby at a time.
• In two months the calf leaves its mother.