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"<b>Necking?.</b><br><br>In a test of strength, 2 male giraffes will entwine their necks before going into a head slamming contest.<br><br>In these duels the males will slam their horns into their opponents body or neck, each one getting a turn.<br><br>The force of the giraffe's blow is extremely powerful.<br><br>In one zoo, an antelope was annoying a male giraffe. The giraffe hammered the antelope with his head, throwing the 1,000 pound animal into the air.<br><br>The antelope suffered from a broken shoulder caused by the impact of landing.",

"<b>Poor giants!</b><br><br>Giraffes can't cough, so they are very susceptible to throat infections.",

"<b>Big-hearted.</b><br><br>A giraffe's heart is huge; it weighs 25 pounds, is two feet long and has walls up to three inches thick.",

"<b>Ouch!</b><br><br>After 15 months in the womb, giraffe calves are born headfirst and dropped six feet to the ground from the standing mom.<br><br>The calves can walk within minutes of birth.",

"<b>Giraffe horns?</b><br><br>Atop the giraffe's head are knobby horns, or, more correctly, ossicones, lumps of cartilage, covered with skin and hair.",

"<b>Delicious!</b><br><br>Where are the tastiest leaves on a tree? At the top, of course!<br><br>A giraffe is able to reach the tasty leaves high up in the trees.<br><br>The giraffe is the tallest animal living on land. He can grow to be nearly fifteen feet tall.<br><br>A giraffe can eat 75 pounds of leaves in a day.",

"<b>Just like us.</b><br><br>Giraffe have the same number of vertebrae in their neck as humans. Despite their long necks, giraffe have only seven vertebrae in their neck.<br><br>They also have two-way valves in their veins so they can bend over without all the blood rushing to their head – otherwise they’d faint.",

"<b>Lions beware!</b><br><br>Giraffes are capable of killing a lion.<br><br>Despite the ferocious reputation of the lion, giraffes are powerful enemies.<br><br>They strike with their fore feet first, and use their necks and heads for fighting.<br><br>Male giraffes have additional bones in their skulls especially for fighting.",

"<b>Big eaters!</b><br><br>In the wild, giraffes can eat up to 145 pounds of food daily.<br><br>Giraffes spend between 16-20 hours per day feeding, grazing on leaves and shoots that are high in the trees.<br><br>The giraffe’s tongue is up to 21 inches long, and is designed to enable them to process thorny foods.",

"<b>The tallest.</b><br><br>The giraffe is the tallest mammal.<br><br>Reaching heights of eighteen feet or more, it can gallop at almost 30mph.<br><br>Each giraffe's coat, like a human fingerprint, is unique.",

"<b>Record holder.</b><br><br>The tallest recorded giraffe was 19.3 feet tall.<br><br>The male giraffe is usually about 17.3 feet tall and females average slightly shorter than this at 14.1 feet tall.<br><br>There are 3 distinct species of giraffe – Masai, Reticulated and Rothschild.",

"<b>Not all giraffes have spots.</b><br><br> There are solid beige ones with no spots and albino giraffes.",

"<b>Big target.</b><br><br>Theodore Roosevelt shot at least six giraffe on his 1909 East African safari with Frederick Courtenay Selous.",

"<b>Now that's a tongue!</b><br><br>The giraffe’s tongue is up to 21 inches long.<br><br>Its tongue is prehensile, allowing it to grasp objects such as twigs and leaves.",

"<b>Big-eyed.</b><br><br>Giraffes have the largest eyes of any land mammal.",

"<b>Blood under pressure.</b><br><br>Giraffes have the highest blood pressure of any land mammal.<br><br>That's because they are the tallest land mammals.",

"<b>Thorny problem solved!</b><br><br>Giraffes favorite leaves are from the thorny acacia tree.<br><br>The tree's thorns stop most animals from eating their leaves.<br><br>Not the giraffes! They just use their 18-inch (46-centimeter) tongues to reach around the thorns.",

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