2. About The Author
Hi my name is
Christian. I like playing
kickball and football. I
build Lego cars when
I’m bored and fix them.
I play Runescape when
I have time. I like
playing sports and
racing games. I wrote
this book because I
think giraffes are cool
animals.
3. Who Am I
The giraffe is the
tallest mammal. The
male wt 2,420-4,250
lb, top of the horns
is 18 ft. The female
wt 1,540-2,600.
Giraffes have horns.
The male’s horns
are thick and the
female’s are thin.
4. The Early Years
The calf is about 150
pounds at birth. A
young calf is over six
feet tall. By the third
day the calf can jump.
Until about 10 months
old, the calf drinks milk
from it’s mother.
Between two and three
months the calf starts
nibbling on bushes and
shrubs.
5. Habitat Sweet Habitat
The giraffe lives in
grasslands. They
like living near tall
trees and rivers.
The giraffe’s habitat
is in the African
Savannah and the
Acacia Woodlands,
which is south of the
Sahara. They also
live in East Africa.
6. What’s on the Menu
The giraffe likes to eat
acacia trees if they’re
close. They eat mimosa
trees if they’re close by.
They also eat
deciduous trees. They
also like seedpods,
flowers, fruit, climbing
plants, thorns, apricot
trees, leaves, and
twigs.
7. Making Tracks
The giraffes tacks
can be a foot long!
You can find giraffe
tracks in South
Africa, Central
Africa, Southern
Ethiopia, and
Northern Kenya.The
track looks like a
mango with a crack
trough it.
8. Simply Irresistible
The tongue of a
giraffe can be 21
inches. A giraffe
sleeps only 5-30
minutes in a 24 hour
period. No two
giraffe spot pattern
is the same.
9. Where in the World
The giraffe lives in
Central Africa and
South Africa. You
can also find a lot of
giraffes in Southern
Ethiopia and
Northern Kenya.
10. Fun Facts About Giraffes
Did you know Fun Fact!
A giraffe’s heart is 2 A giraffe has the
feet long. longest tail that lives
A giraffe can live up on land.
to 27 years. A large male can
eat 100lb a day.
11. Resource List
http://img6.travelblog.org/Photos/48523/245107/f/1974117-Jenny-Loves-
Giraffes-2.jpg picture on slide 1
http://www.giraffes.org/giraffe.jpg picture on slide 3
http://www.lemonlight.org/photos/uncategorized/giraffe.jpg picture on slide 4
http://piclib.nhm.ac.uk/piclib/webimages/0/37000/900/37958_med.jpg picture on
slide 5
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_cY8h3U0HMPQ/R4i_oaYHq_I/AAAAAAAACss/3Tlpz9D1
vWU/SA251070.JPG picture on slide 6
http://www.marico-safaris.com/USERIMAGES/thumb_GIRAFFE TRACKS.JPG
picture on slide 7
http://www.raskraska.ru/book/img/giraffe_01.jpg picture on slide 8
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Giraffe_range_map.PNG
picture on slide 9
http://www.africanwildlifevacations.com/aboutgiraffes.html information through
the whole book
“The safari companion”by Richard Estes information through the whole book
http://www.plsd.k12.pa.us/final_projects/oldvaughnessa/fun%20facys.htm
information on slides 8 and 10
