The Giraffe

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looking, while males are less.
Night mostly spent lying down ruminating, especially hours after dark and
before dawn. A Giraffe has 2 ways of getting around which is walking and
galloping. The long legs and short trunk decree an ambling walk, with the
entire weight supported alternatively on the left and right legs, like
camels. The long neck moves in a synchrony to maintain balance. It can
gallop up to 37 mph. The forelegs and hind legs work in pairs like a
running rabbit. When they drink, a giraffe must either straddle or bend
its forelegs.
The giraffe is sociable and nonterritorial, living in loose, open
herds. At a moment a giraffe may be in a herd with all males, all females,
and youngens, or bothe sexs of all ages. There are no leaders and minimum
coordination of herd movements. The fluid nature of giraffes society
reflects the need to spend most of its time feeding and to move
independently between spaced trees, and size that makes it unnecessary to
bunch ...

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