They can pluck the leaves from even the spikiest of trees. How many hours do giraffes spend eating a day? Giraffes spend most of their time eating, feeding between 16 to 20 hours a day.

GIRAFFE: Just look at those leaves! This is the perfect tree for a spot of lunch. Hello there, elephant! Haven't seen you for a while. How are things? GIRAFFE: Hey! Leave me some, will you?

At the low-impact end, giraffes munch acacia trees in protected parkland or stroll under baobab trees that are “sticking up like a giant broccoli,” Bond says. Human influence becomes more ...

Known for their 6-foot-long necks, distinctive patterning and long eyelashes, giraffes have always captured the human imagination. These amazing African animals have the highest blood pressure among ...

2. Giraffes can go a couple of days without drinking water. They get most of their water from their diet of leaves, seed pods ...

A female giraffe has a great Valentine’s Day gift for potential mates: urine. Distinctive anatomy helps male giraffes get a taste for whether a female is ready to mate, animal behaviorists ...

This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. At 14 to 19 feet tall, giraffes tower over the entire animal kingdom. But their iconic height, which evolved over ...

A giraffe's neck is extraordinary long, making up a large part of its height. This allows the animal to reach the leaves of tall trees. But an elongated neck is also integral to the courtship ...

The world's only known white giraffe has been fitted with a GPS tracking device to keep poachers at bay in north-east Kenya, conservationists say. A conservation group said rangers could monitor ...

The trees look like they were set on fire. David Kemboi, a farmer in Moiben, is also helpless for the solution after his cypress trees dried up. “I have more than five acres of trees ...

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