Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The common name derives from the Somali name for the animal (gáránúug); the first recorded use of the name dates back to 1895. [7] It is also known as the "giraffe gazelle" due to its similarity to the giraffe. [8] Two subspecies have been proposed, but these are considered to be independent species by some authors. [3] [9] [10] [11]
An instrumental of the song was included in the video game EA Sports College Football 25 as recorded by the EA Sports College Football Marching Band. [8] This song's association with marching bands inspired the similarly named "Talkin' Out da Side of Ya Neck!", a 2008 single by Dem Franchize Boyz.
A giraffe rests by lying with its body on top of its folded legs. [33]: 329 To lie down, the animal kneels on its front legs and then lowers the rest of its body. To get back up, it first gets on its front knees and positions its backside on top of its hindlegs. It then pulls the backside upwards, and the front legs stand straight up again.
Reconstructed adult and juvenile Spinophorosaurus skeletons (A, B) compared in size with adult and juvenile giraffes (C, D) and a human (E). The holotype specimen was initially estimated to have been around 13 metres (43 ft) in length when measured along the vertebral column, while the paratype was about 13 per cent larger, measuring around 14 m (46 ft).
So, before Wednesday night, right up until the moment of the Giraffe’s unmasking, I had stuck my own neck out, so to speak, and had enthusiastically and emphatically insisted that the Giraffe ...
The giraffe nudges its head into the girl and continues to get closer as she moves further into the bed of the truck. The video then appears to show the animal grabbing the girl and lifting her ...
One day, he finds that the old building has been renovated and has become the head office for The Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company. Billy then meets its members: a Giraffe with an extendable neck; a Pelican, or "Pelly" as he is called by the others, who has a flexible upper beak; and a singing and dancing Monkey, all of whom he quickly befriends.
The reticulated giraffe (Giraffa reticulata [3] or Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata [4]) is a species/subspecies of giraffe native to the Horn of Africa.It is differentiated from other types of giraffe by its coat, which consists of large, polygonal (or squared), block-like spots, which extend onto the lower legs, tail and face.