In addition to their long necks, giraffes' tongues can also help them reach these leaves. Given that these animals eat for so long, their tongues can easily spend hours per day in direct sunlight ...

They haven't left me anything to eat! Hmm. Now THEY look good! ANTELOPE: Go on, get out of the way! GIRAFFE: Hold on! You don't have to push and shove, boys! There's plenty of leaves for us all ...

They can pluck the leaves from even the spikiest of trees. How many hours do giraffes spend eating a day? Giraffes spend most of their time eating, feeding between 16 to 20 hours a day.

The giraffe is the tallest terrestrial mammal in the world. The males stand about 5m tall - as high as a single-story house - and the females are just a little shorter. The giraffe has an incredibly ...

In this animal sighting video, a giraffe feeding on leaves has no clue about the lions below him. According to the Maasai Sightings YouTube page, this sighting occurred in Serengeti National Park.

Giraffes mostly eat leaves, flowers, and fruits from tall trees like acacias, which grow high above the ground. By feeding on these elevated parts of trees, giraffes can access a food supply that ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife proposed that three populations of the world’s tallest land animal be classified as endangered, a move ...

Springbok and zebras dine on plants, and are then fed upon by lions and cheetahs. Only the largest plant eating consumers, such as giraffes and elephants, avoid becoming prey for predators ...

Giraffes feed on leaves, stems, flowers and fruits, so human population growth and habitat loss can hurt the species. Instances of drought have also led to increased human-wildlife conflicts.

Today, scientists know it was evolution that inched the neck (and tongue) of giraffes to extraordinary lengths to allow them to eat leaves, flowers and fruits out of reach of other herbivores.

According to Potawatomi Zoo officials, the baby giraffe that was born earlier this fall is starting to learn to eat leaves, a crucial step it their development.

Giraffes, the tallest living terrestrial animals, spend much of their time feeding on leaves, stems, flowers and fruit, the FWS said. The animals are versatile and able to adapt to a number of ...