大象传媒

The giraffe is the world's tallest animal and lives across the plains of Africa. It comes in many distinct patterns including the Rothschild, the Marsai and the reticulated. The neck acts as a crane to reach leaves in the high branches of the trees. A long muscular tongue helps the giraffe to strip leaves from the branches. Sharp barbs from the acacia tree pass through the giraffe without piercing it from within. Giraffes sleep for twenty minutes a day by curling their necks around their body, similar to a dog. Their height is a disadvantage when they must reach down to drink and they must take care not to slip in mud patches.