Mother Giraffe With Offspring

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Mother Giraffe With Offspring

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Mama And Baby Giraffe In A Tall Hug

A baby giraffe hangs from it's mother's neck in a really tall hug in a humorous anthropomorphic animal greeting card image by Stephanie D. Roeser. This is just one image in the world's largest collection of anthropomorphic animal images. We have funny pictures of everything from meerkats to elephants, to dogs and cats. We have the Giraffe image as a layered file in our archives so if we need to add background, change the background, or even change the poses of the pictured Giraffes...no problem! That means if you don't find the Giraffe image that fills your needs we can create one to your specifications.

A Tall Order: Creating Giraffe Images

Creating funny anthropomorphic Giraffe images can be a tall order (yuck, yuck), but by utilizing our archive of Giraffe images and employing Photoshop skills, we can create just about any Giraffe image you can imagine. This particular image was created with Mother's day in mind, but can illustrate a number of concepts for other uses as well.

10 Fun Facts About Giraffes

1. Giraffes are the tallest land animals in the world, with adult males reaching up to 18 feet in height.

2. Despite their height, giraffes only have seven neck vertebrae, the same number as most other mammals, including humans.

3. Giraffes have long, prehensile tongues that they use to grab and pull leaves from trees. Their tongues can be up to 18 inches long!

4. Giraffes have a unique pattern of spots on their skin that is as individual as a human fingerprint.

5. Giraffes are ruminants, which means they have a four-chambered stomach like cows, and they regurgitate their food and chew it again to aid digestion.

6. Giraffes have a distinctive gait, with both legs on one side of their body moving at the same time. This is called "pacing."

7. Giraffes can run up to 35 miles per hour and are surprisingly agile for their size.

8. Giraffes only need 5 to 30 minutes of sleep per day and can sleep while standing up.

9. Giraffes are social animals and live in loose herds of up to 20 individuals, usually consisting of females and their offspring.

10. Giraffes are listed as "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species due to habitat loss and poaching for their meat, hide, and bones. Conservation efforts are ongoing to protect these magnificent animals.