After sparring, both winning and losing giraffes continue to inhabit the same territory.

For a mature giraffe, the legs are about 6 feet in length, as is the neck as well. A giraffes tongue is about 21 inches long. Giraffes use their long tongues to feed on treetop tree leaves. Giraffes are beloved of evolutionary biologists for a number of reasons. Giraffes are the tallest living terrestrial animals in the world. They are very well-known in the Western world, thanks their presence at zoos and the popularity of toys like Sophie the giraffe or Geoffrey the Giraffe, the mascot of the now-defunct chain, Toys ‘R Us, or April, the perpetually pregnant giraffe whose live birthing garnered millions of online viewers. But now that technology has been advanced and DNA testing made it possible to link animal species together, people know that there used to be seven other species of giraffes that are now extinct. Is the Rothschild's Giraffe Aggressive? Giraffes sleep very little only 5- … They can be aggressive if they feel threatened.

Giraffes spend 16-20 hours a day feeding. Giraffes are not a noisy species nor make a particular sound that identifies them like many other animals, but in certain situations, they communicate with sounds. They are, of course, the tallest of all living animals, and that elegant neck is the primary reason why. Giraffes are curiously ungainly animals. Consider the giraffe. Zebras are known to kick with as much power as a giraffe, which is impressive given that their legs are considerably shorter. The male is both taller and heavier than the female. Stunning video shows them using their six-foot-long necks as weapons to go after one another. Males often spar with each other before mating. Like cows giraffes regurgitate their food and chew it as cud. This species of giraffe is generally very tolerant of other giraffes as well as other animal species. Back now at 7:42, with what may be the most violent giraffe attack caught on tape. According to the National Geographic Society, from head to toe, the height of a mature giraffe typically ranges from 14 to 19 feet. Giraffes are vegetarians. Giraffes, of course, aren’t the only creatures to have learnt how to kill with a kick. During courtship, males emit some cough-like vocalizations, but both genders have the ability to whistle, moan and communicate through some infrasounds when they are at long distances, which is why we can not always hear them. Giraffes possess a brown mane, and a triangular shaped head topped with two hairy horns. In the past, people believed that there was just one species of the giraffe; the Giraffa camelopardalis with nine subspecies.