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Giraffes Our beautiful Giraffes are called Gerald, Genevieve, George and Geoffrey. If you haven't seen one up-close before, you'll be amazed at the height of them; giraffes are around six feet tall when born and can grow up to be 20 feet! As a result, they are the tallest mammals in the world.
- Which is the tallest animal in the zoo answer?
- Is there an animal taller than a giraffe?
- Which animal is the tallest animal?
- What is the tallest mammal?
- What's the second tallest animal?
- What is the tallest land animal?
- What is largest land animal?
- Who is taller than giraffe?
- What is the largest hoofed animal?
- Which is the oldest living animal?
- Which is the loudest animal?
Which is the tallest animal in the zoo answer?
Giraffes are the tallest of all land animals; males (bulls) may exceed 5.5 metres (18 feet) in height, and the tallest females (cows) are about 4.5 metres. Using prehensile tongues almost half a metre long, they are able to browse foliage almost six metres from the ground.
Is there an animal taller than a giraffe?
Elephants, for example, can come close to the height of giraffes, the tallest animals on Earth.
Which animal is the tallest animal?
Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) are the tallest land animal in the world at an average height of 5 m (16 ft).
What is the tallest mammal?
Giraffes are the world's tallest mammals, thanks to their towering legs and long necks. A giraffe's legs alone are taller than many humans—about 6 feet .
What's the second tallest animal?
On to the second tallest land animal, the African Bush Elephant. African Bush Elephants are between 10 feet 6 inches and 13 feet tall! No surprise to find out that they are also quite heavy, and weigh around 13,400 pounds!
What is the tallest land animal?
Towering above the grasslands of Africa, giraffes are the tallest land mammal in existence, sometimes exceeding 18 feet in height. Giraffes are social animals that roam the savannah peacefully in large herds.
What is largest land animal?
The blue whale is the biggest animal in the world. The elephant is the biggest on land.
Who is taller than giraffe?
Next to the giraffe in terms of height is the elephant, specifically the African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana). Males of this species have a shoulder height of 10.5 to 13 feet.
What is the largest hoofed animal?
The hippopotamus is the most massive of the even-toed ungulates.
Which is the oldest living animal?
Oldest land animal (living)
Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise, is the oldest land animal alive in the world. He is believed to have been born in 1832, making him 189 years old in 2021. Originally from the Seychelles, he is a long-time resident of the remote South Atlantic island of St Helena.
Which is the loudest animal?
The loudest animal in the world is the blue whale: its vocalisations of up to 188 decibels can be heard 160km away.
