A giraffe has the same number of neck bones as you — just seven.
Even with such a long neck, a giraffe has only seven neck bones, the same as people. Each bone is simply very big.
🦒 Amazing Giraffe Facts
Giraffes are the tallest animals in the world, with very long necks and legs.
A baby giraffe is already taller than a grown-up when it is born.
Newborn giraffes are about 1.8 meters tall. They can stand and even walk within an hour.
A giraffe's tongue can be about 50 cm long — and it's bluish-purple.
A giraffe uses its long, grippy tongue to pull leaves from between sharp thorns. The dark bluish-purple colour is thought to work like sunscreen, protecting the tongue from sunburn while it feeds out in the sun all day.
The giraffe is the tallest animal on land.
A grown giraffe can be 5–6 metres tall. Its neck alone is about 2 metres long, which helps it reach leaves high up in the trees.
A giraffe's spot pattern is different on every single giraffe.
Just like your fingerprints, no two giraffes have the same spots. Scientists can even tell giraffes apart just by looking at their patterns!