“Since giraffes primarily feed on leaves, they do this to make up for mineral deficiencies in their diet, especially calcium ...

which may reveal why modern giraffes are so throaty. “Discokeryx has extreme morphologies of the head and neck adapted for head-butting behavior,” study coauthor and paleontologist Jin Meng tells ...

Or perhaps the giraffe’s long neck is simply to give an otherwise fairly ... butchered goats hanging from poles, and small white mosques overflowing with prostrate men. We drive past a camel ...

The little ones can stand up and even run within ... Giraffes have the same number of neck vertebrae as humans. Giraffes have ...

The physiological demands of that long neck get support from a gene involved ... With their long necks, giraffes are a poster child for evolutionary oddities, but scientists know very little about the ...

Description: The tallest land mammal, with a neck as long as 6 feet, the giraffe is also well known for the unique brown and white pattern on its coat (“pelage”) and its lengthy eyelashes and legs.

ZOO STAFF DESCRIBING THE MASAI GIRAFFE AS A LITTLE RESERVED BUT OVERLY LOVING ... possibly injuring its neck. "Giraffes are very large and gangly, and when that happens, it is never good ...

A giraffe's neck is extraordinary long ... However, despite outward appearances, the small rodent bears one striking similarity to Earth's tallest living terrestrial creature on a skeletal level. Mice ...