
Fun giraffe facts:
- A giraffe can look into a second-story window.
- A giraffe's 6-foot neck weighs about 600 pounds and yet a giraffe has only seven neck vertebrae just like people.
- Even though the front legs of a giraffe look longer, their front and back legs are the same length--about six feet in length.
- Giraffes have big hearts: a giraffe heart weighs about 25 pounds.
- Giraffe lungs are big too, they can hold about 12 gallons of air.
- The giraffe loves Acacia leaves and they eat about 75 pounds of tree leaves a day.
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Illustration: Chris Olson © 2010