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  2. The Strange Way Giraffes Fight - AOL

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    Giraffes live in stable family groups with older females helping the mothers to care for the young. A group of giraffes is called a tower. While the females live together, males may live alone or ...

  3. Giraffe - Wikipedia

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    Giraffes would probably not be competent swimmers as their long legs would be highly cumbersome in the water, [74] although they might be able to float. [75] When swimming, the thorax would be weighed down by the front legs, making it difficult for the animal to move its neck and legs in harmony [74] [75] or keep its head above the water's ...

  4. Giraffidae - Wikipedia

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    The Giraffidae are a family of ruminant artiodactyl mammals that share a recent common ancestor with deer and bovids.This family, once a diverse group spread throughout Eurasia and Africa, presently comprises only two extant genera, the giraffe (between one and eight, usually four, species of Giraffa, depending on taxonomic interpretation) and the okapi (the only known species of Okapia).

  5. Giraffes are up next on the endangered species list, US ... - AOL

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    The three subspecies of northern giraffe officials are proposing to be listed as endangered include the West African, Kordofan and Nubian giraffes, whose populations have plummeted by roughly 77% ...

  6. List of extant megaherbivores - Wikipedia

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    It is one of two species of African elephants, the other being the African bush elephant. [13] Its trunk has two finger-like processes and contains about 40–60,000 muscles. [14] It has tusks that grow to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) long and weigh 23–45 kg (51–99 lb). [15] White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)

  7. Giraffes need endangered species protection, U.S. officials say

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    The vast majority of reticulated giraffes live in Kenya, and their population is estimated at 15,985, according to USFWS. There are around 45,400 Masai giraffes — an amount roughly equivalent to ...

  8. Southern giraffe - Wikipedia

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    The southern giraffes live in the savannahs and woodlands of northern South Africa, Angola, southern Botswana, southern Zimbabwe, Zambia and south-western Mozambique. After local extinctions in various places, the South African giraffes have been reintroduced in many parts of Southern Africa, including in Eswatini. They are common in both ...

  9. Poachers have African giraffes on the verge of extinction - AOL

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    By RYAN GORMAN African giraffes are in danger of becoming extinct. Hunting and poaching have decimated the continent's giraffe population by about 40 percent, according to one estimate. There are ...