AfricaVulnerable
Giraffe
Giraffa camelopardalis
The tallest animal alive. Its long neck lets it eat leaves from treetops that nobody else can reach.
- Weight
- Up to 1,900 kg
- Size
- 5.5 m tall
- Lifespan
- About 25 years
- Top speed
- 60 km/h
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Mammal group
- Placental
How heavy is that?
As heavy as 48 kids (40 kg each)
Where it lives
Three things to know
- Its neck has 7 bones, the same number as yours.
- Its dark tongue is about 50 cm long.
- Its heart weighs around 11 kg to pump blood up that neck.
Compare with…
- Weight
- Giraffe1,900 kgA 10-year-old kid40 kgThe giraffe weighs about 48× as much as the kid
- Size
- Giraffe5.5 mA 10-year-old kid1.4 mThe giraffe is about 4× as big as the kid
- Top speed
- Giraffe60 km/hA 10-year-old kid20 km/hThe giraffe is about 3× as fast as the kid
- Lifespan
- Giraffe25 yrsA 10-year-old kid80 yrsThe kid can live about 3× as long as the giraffe
