GIRAFFES

                       
                     Giraffes are my favorite animal. I think they are cute in everyway. Giraffes are the tallest mammals in the world, with even new-born babies being taller than most humans. Baby giraffes can stand within half an hour and after only ten hours can actually run alongside their family. Giraffes spend most of their lives standing up, they even sleep and give birth standing up. Giraffes only spend between ten minutes and two hours asleep per day. They have only one of the shortest sleep requirements of any mammal.
                     Giraffes are sociable, peaceful animals which rarely fight. Males do perform a behavior called "necking" where they will hit necks, however these encounters rarely last more than a couple of minutes and seldom result in injury. Just like snowflakes and human fingerprints, no two giraffes have the same spot pattern. Their tongues are huge, long ,and purple. In new age religion the giraffe is a symbol for intuition and flexibility. The name giraffe Camelopardails means "one who walks quickly" a camel marked like a leopard. Giraffes are every interesting.