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Wildlife FAQ explains, "On average, adult giraffes sleep for about 30 minutes a night, and their entire sleep cycles are typically around 35 minutes or shorter. This brief period of sleep is ...
In captivity, giraffes only sleep about 4-1/2 hours a day. I guess they're insomniacs! Giraffes have one of the shortest sleep durations among all land mammals, ...
Sleep can follow a physiological or behavioral definition. In the physiological sense, sleep is a state characterized by reversible unconsciousness, special brainwave patterns, sporadic eye movement, loss of muscle tone (possibly with some exceptions; see below regarding the sleep of birds and of aquatic mammals), and a compensatory increase following deprivation of the state, this last known ...
A much better sentence would be something like "Adult giraffes do not have strong social bonds, though they do gather in loose aggregations because of [insert reason here]." -- Cryptic C62 · Talk 16:05, 18 April 2012 (UTC) [ reply ]
This advantage is real, as giraffes can and do feed up to 4.5 m (15 ft) high, while even quite large competitors, such as kudu, can feed up to only about 2 m (6 ft 7 in) high. [64] There is also research suggesting that browsing competition is intense at lower levels, and giraffes feed more efficiently (gaining more leaf biomass with each ...
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 ...
Masai giraffes can suffer from giraffe skin disease, which is a disorder of unknown etiology that causes lesion on the forelimbs. This disorder is being further investigated to better understand mortality in this species.
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