Giraffe eating foilage from Sweet Thorn tree

Posted by Ina (Krugersdorp, South Africa) on 13 October 2007 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

The giraffe is the tallest animal in the world, attaining a height of 5.5m, its incredibly long neck accounting for much of its height.

Because of their very long necks, Giraffes are able to feed on the foliage of trees (like the Sweet Thorn tree) that is not accessible to other herbivores. The long prehensile tongue is used to pull pods and leaves into the mouth which are then stripped from the stems with the spatulate incisor teeth.

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