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7 facts about giraffes
1. Language adult giraffe has a length of about half a meter, and is movable so that the tip of the tongue giraffe can pick your ear.
2. Heart giraffes particularly strong, weighs 12 kg and transmits 60 liters of blood per minute, thereby it creates pressure, which is three times higher than a man.
3. The neck of a giraffe can reach more than 6 meters and consists of only 7 vertebrae. Scientists were surprised that in a remarkably long neck giraffe same number of vertebrae as their neck mouse and most other mammals. But the giraffe, unlike most other mammals, the vertebrae elongated and have a special structure on a "ball-pit", which gives great flexibility to the neck. With this giraffe can bend and contort his neck like he needed to take care of the whole body and gently plucking the topmost branches of the trees.
4. eyes giraffe planted so that he can see in all directions, without turning his head. And giraffes have color vision.
5. It is widely believed that giraffes are voiceless animals. However, they are actually talking to each other at frequencies below 20 Hz is not audible to the human ear.
6. Gallop giraffes is very peculiar: the animal can be simultaneously off the ground both front legs, just throwing far back his head and neck and shifting, so the center of gravity. Therefore galloping giraffe constantly, no matter how deep nods, bows at every jump. This seeming clumsy manner of jumping does not prevent him to reach speeds up to 50 km / h. A jumping reach up to 8 meters long.
7. The birth of a giraffe takes place in the standing position, so first of all newborns will drop from two meters. Immediately after birth zhirafёnok reaches 1, 8 m in height, and 50 kg. Even after an hour cub stands firmly on his feet and in a few hours begins to run.
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