Quick Facts:
Life span: 15 to 20 years
Number of young at birth: Usually 1
Age of maturity: 3 to 5 years
Size: Females, up to 4.3 meters tall; males, up to 5.5 meters
Weight: Females, up to 680 kilograms; males, up to 1,360 kilograms
Size at birth: 1.8 meters tall, 45 to 68 kilograms
Giraffes are the tallest land animals. It’s lives in Africa, south of the Sahara Desert in Savanna.
A giraffe could look into a second-story window without even having to stand on its tiptoes!
A giraffe’s 2-meter neck weighs about 280 kilograms. The legs of a giraffe are also 2 meters long. The back legs look shorter than the front legs, but they are about the same length. A giraffe’s heart is 60 centimeters long and weighs about 11 kilograms.