Giraffe

Key facts

• Giraffe lives in Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zambia.
• Group: Mammals.
• It weighs about 1,200 kg (2,650 lb).
• A typical adult is about 5 m (16.4 ft) long.
• It lives about 25 years.
• Diet: herbivore.
• Habitat: savanna.
• A giraffe has the same number of neck bones as a person, just seven, but each bone is much longer.