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  2. The Strange Way Giraffes Fight - AOL

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    How Do Giraffes Drink Water Through Those Long Necks? Giraffe necks are so long they can’t reach the ground. To get a sip of water from a water hole, a giraffe will splay its legs in an awkward ...

  3. Annoyed Giraffe Timidly ‘Whacks’ Herd Mate at Potawatomi Zoo

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    Take these two giraffes at the Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend, Indiana for instance. They have a pretty interesting way of letting one another know when they're doing something weird! The zoo shared ...

  4. Giraffe - Wikipedia

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    Along the neck is a mane made of short, erect hairs. [17] The neck typically rests at an angle of 50–60 degrees, though juveniles are closer to 70 degrees. [50]: 72–73 The long neck results from a disproportionate lengthening of the cervical vertebrae, not from the addition of more vertebrae. Each cervical vertebra is over 28 cm (11 in) long.

  5. Giraffidae - Wikipedia

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    Two giraffes. The giraffe stands 5–6 m (16–20 ft) tall, with males taller than females. The giraffe and the okapi have characteristic long necks and long legs. Ossicones are present on males and females in the giraffe, but only on males in the okapi. [6] Giraffids share many common features with other ruminants.

  6. Northern giraffe - Wikipedia

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    The current IUCN taxonomic scheme lists one species of giraffe with the name G. camelopardalis and nine subspecies. [1] [7] A 2021 whole genome sequencing study suggests the northern giraffe as a separate species, and postulates the existence of three distinct subspecies, [8] and more recently, one extinct subspecies.

  7. Focus on research: Female giraffes drove the evolution of ...

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    A Penn State researcher has been trying to get to the bottom of the age-old question of why giraffes have long necks. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please ...

  8. Thornicroft's giraffe - Wikipedia

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    Thornicroft's giraffes are tall with very long necks. [8] They have long, dark tongues and skin-colored horns. [9] Giraffes have a typical coat pattern, with regional differences among subspecies. The pattern consists of large, irregular shaped brown to black patches separated by white to yellow bands. [9]

  9. Gemina (giraffe) - Wikipedia

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    Eventually her neck became bent sharply. [1] The last time that this type of a deformity had been documented in a giraffe was in 1902. [2] X-rays of Gemina's neck showed that her vertebrae had fused together, but scientists, zoologists and veterinarians could find no explanation for the deformity. [2]