Note from the owner of LG-S: I left a reply to the person who submitted this, asking if I could pass on their url to the blogs they’ve included into this post, encase they want to thank them. I’m still waiting on a reply.
FACTS ABOUT GIRAFFES:
- They have an 18 inch black tongue.
- Giraffes sleep for approximately 20 minutes per day.
- They consume about 75 pounds of food and 10 gallons of water every day, spending 16-20 hours of the day feeding.
- Giraffes can hiss, moo, whistle, and roar.
- Their tail is 8 feet long, the longest of any land mammal.
- Giraffes are strong enough to kill a lion.
- They can gallop 31-37 miles per hour.
- A newborn baby giraffe begins walking within the first hour of it’s birth. It also drops about 6 feet before hitting the ground when it is born.
- The heart of a giraffe is 2 feet long and weighs 25 pounds. Their blood pressure is twice that of a human.
- So basically, giraffes are the fucking most awesome animal known to man. That’s all.
