Why does a giraffe die after falling down for three minutes? How long is a giraffe's neck?

Giraffe means "camel with leopard prints" in Latin. It lives in tropical and subtropical savannas, shrubs, open acacia woodlands, dry and open savanna areas and semi-desert areas with few trees in Africa. How long is a giraffe's neck? How tall is it? Check out the article below.

Contents of this article

1. Why does a giraffe die after falling down for three minutes?

2. How long is a giraffe’s neck?

3. How tall is a giraffe?

Why does a giraffe die after falling down for three minutes?

Giraffes are incredibly tall and have a high center of gravity. If they fall down, the impact force is great and they are prone to fractures. Giraffes also have high blood pressure, so after falling down, the height of their brains is close to that of their hearts, which can cause cerebral congestion, and they may faint or even die. After falling down, giraffes are also very vulnerable to attacks by predators.

Giraffe is a ruminant even-toed ungulate animal that lives in Africa. In Latin, the name giraffe means "camel with leopard prints".

When standing, a giraffe can reach 6-8 meters from head to toe, and a newborn giraffe is 1.5 meters tall, making it the tallest land animal in the world.

Giraffes live in tropical and subtropical savannas, shrublands, open acacia woodlands, arid and open savanna areas and semi-desert areas with sparse trees in Africa.

How long is a giraffe's neck?

The giraffe's neck is about 2 meters long. The giraffe is the tallest land animal in the world. When standing, it can be 6-8 meters from head to toe. The average length of the giraffe's neck is 2.4 meters. They mostly live in tropical savannas and semi-desert areas with few trees in Africa. They are the national animal of South Africa.

Giraffes are mainly distributed in South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Uganda and other places in Africa.

Giraffes are probably extinct in Angola, Mali, Nigeria, and occasionally in Rwanda and Swaziland.

Giraffes are regionally extinct in Eritrea, Guinea, Mauritania and Senegal.

How tall is a giraffe?

Adult male giraffes are 4.8 to 6.1 meters tall, with necks 1.5 to 2.5 meters long and weighing up to 1,500 kilograms. Females are generally smaller, and newborn giraffes are 1.5 meters tall. In the wild, a giraffe's lifespan is about 27 years, and those in zoos can live for more than 29 years.

Giraffes live in tropical and subtropical savannas, shrubs, open acacia woodlands, arid and open savanna areas and semi-desert areas with sparse trees in Africa. They are herbivores and their main food is leaves and twigs.

Giraffidae are the most unique family in the order Artiodactylus. They have primitive low-crowned teeth and cannot feed mainly on grass, but only on leaves. They have long tongues for feeding, and short horns on their heads, which are covered with hairy skin.

Giraffes have sparse, short fur all over their bodies. Their coat has a light yellow base and is covered with dark brown spots of various shapes and sizes. The spots on their skin are a natural protective color.