SAM: Ooh! Those leaves look so yummy! Ooh… I wish I had a longer neck so I could reach them! GRANDDAD: Long, long ago, that's exactly what the giraffe said. SAM: Did they? GRANDDAD: Oh ...

Here are some reasons why giraffes developed their signature neck length: One primary reason for giraffes' long necks is to reach food that other herbivores can’t access. Giraffes mostly eat ...

This form of sexual selection could have contributed to the evolution of longer necks in giraffes. A long neck provides giraffes with an elevated vantage point to scan the savanna for predators.

Sam, a young tortoise, wishes he had a longer neck to reach the nicest leaves. Grandad Charlie tells Sam a story about giraffes. Long ago, giraffes didn’t have long necks. They wanted to eat the ...

They estimated neck length from photos of adult Masai ... are the reason for giraffes' long necks. That's important not only ...

Although male and female giraffes have the same body proportions at birth, they are significantly different as they reach sexual maturity. Females have proportionally longer necks and longer ...

The males stand about 5m tall - as high as a single-story house - and the females are just a little shorter. The giraffe has an incredibly long neck and legs, high shoulders and a sloping back. The ...

Witnessing this gawky effort to obtain the most basic sustenance makes one wonder if the right question to ask isn’t why the giraffe has such a long neck, but rather, why is it so short relative ...

Sydney V. Smith admits she wants to become a "giraffe woman" just for her 11-inch-long neck. According to the Huffington Post, the 28-year-old woman from Los Angeles has extended her neck with 11 ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife proposed that three populations of the world’s tallest land animal be classified as endangered, a move ...

Giraffe populations are declining at such an alarming rate — from habitat loss, poaching, urbanization and climate ...