Giraffe

  

Animal State | Giraffe | The giraffe has the name of the first of his famous Arabic Zarafa , perhaps by some African language name translates as "fast-walkerIt 's also possible that the word derives from the name of the Italian form of animal giraffe Geri Somali born in 1590. The modern English developed around 1600 by French Giraffe. The species name camelopardalis is a Latin word. The giraffe is one of the two living species of the family Giraffidae, the other is the okapi. From here, the giraffe have evolved and often, about 7 million years ago, came into Africa. Climate change caused the extinction of giraffes Asians, Africans and those who survived and radiated into several new species.The giraffe is one of the many species described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 first. In the 19th century, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck believed that the long neck of the giraffe is an "acquired characteristic" as a couple of generations of ancestral giraffes developed tried to reach the leaves on the trees. This theory was rejected, and scientists now believe that the neck of the giraffe born through natural selection that Darwin ancestral giraffes with long necks and therefore had a better competitive advantage that allows them to reproduce and pass on their genes .

Adult giraffes standing 5-6 meters (16-20 feet) high, with males larger than females. The average weight is 1,600 kg (3,500 pounds) for adult males and 830 kg (1,800 pounds) for an adult female. Despite its long neck and legs, the giraffe's body is relatively short. Giraffes see in color and senses of smell and hearing are acute. Prehensile tongue of the giraffe is about 50 cm (20 inches) long. The giraffe is prehensile upper lip and useful when the forage. Everyone has a layer model of the giraffe only. The skin of a giraffe is mostly gray. Along the neck has a mane made of short, erect hairs on the 1 m (3.3 ft) long tail ends in a tuft of dark hair and is used as a defense against insects Giraffes usually inhabit savannas, grasslands and open forests. The giraffe of Angola is in desert environments giraffes browse on the branches of trees, preferring trees of the genus Acacia, Commiphora and Terminalia, which are important sources of calcium and protein to maintain the growth rate of the giraffe. 

A giraffe eats about 34 kilograms (75 pounds) of leaves in the days when stressed, giraffes may chew bark of the branches. Although herbivores, the giraffe has been known to visit the meat of dead dry bones and licking During the rainy season, food is abundant and giraffes are more common, and during the dry season, they congregate around the remaining trees and evergreen shrubs. S is common giraffe saliva while feeding. Human beings have interacted with the giraffes for millennia. The Bushmen of South Africa have dances of medicine called an animal, the giraffe dance is performed to treat disorders of the head. How did the giraffe get its height has been the subject of African folk tales, including one that says that the giraffe stretches east to eat too many magic herbs. The giraffes have been represented in art throughout the African continent, including the Kiffians, Egypt and Meroe NubiansThe Kiffian were responsible for an engraving in stone size of two giraffes is called the "world's largest rock art of petroglyphs. " The Egyptians gave the giraffe has its own glyph, called "Mr." in Ancient Egypt and "Emmy" in subsequent periods. They also kept as pets giraffes and shipped across the Mediterranean.

The giraffe is one of the many animals collected and displayed by the Romans. With the fall of the Roman Empire, housing giraffes in Europe declined. During the Middle Ages, the giraffes were only known to Europeans through contact with the Arabs, who revered the giraffe for its peculiarity. In 1414, a giraffe was sent to Bengal from Malindi. The giraffe is a giraffe has Medici Lorenzo de 'Medici in 1486. A sense, the giraffe has been extensively memorabilia or "giraffanalia". Giraffes still have a presence in modern culture. Dali believed that the giraffe is a symbol of masculinity, and a giraffe on fire was a "masculine cosmic apocalyptic monster." Several books for children offer the giraffe, including David A. Ufer The Giraffe who was afraid of heights, Giles Andreae giraffes can not dance and Roald Dahl The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me Giraffes have also appeared in animated films, as minor characters in The Lion King and Dumbo and more important roles in Wild and Madagascar movies. Sophie the Giraffe teether was a popular since 1961. Another famous giraffe is the imagination of Toys "R" Us mascot Geoffrey the Giraffe. The giraffe is the national animal of Tanzania The giraffe was also used for experiments and scientific discovery. Scientists have examined the properties of the skin during the development of the giraffe suits for astronauts and fighter pilots. Computer scientists have modeled the coat patterns of several subspecies of reaction-diffusion through the mechanisms of the constellation of the Giraffe, introduced in the seventeenth century, represents a giraffe.