Lick It All Up!
One distinct feature of giraffes is their tongues. Their tongues are on average 18-24
inches in length, dark in color, and extremely tough. These characteristics are what make the giraffe’s tongue
advantageous to their eating habits.
Giraffes usually feed on Acacia trees, which have long thorns that can
potentially be dangerous to animals trying to feed on them. But not for giraffes! Because their
tongues are so long they can reach the Acacia leaves without getting poked in
the face. The toughness of their
tongues allows them to eat the leaves without getting cuts in their mouth. The dark color of their tongues is also
important because it prevents it from getting sunburned during feeding
times. The characteristics of a
giraffes tongue are extremely important for their survival.
Fun Fact of the Week!: A giraffe eats hundreds of pounds of leaves each week and
must travel miles to find enough food to fuel it’s body.
Works
Cited
"Giraffe." National Geographic. Web. 01 May
2012. <http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/giraffe/>.
"Mammals: Giraffe." San Diego Zoo's Animal
Bytes: Giraffe. Web. 01 May 2012.
<http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-giraffe.html>.
It's crazy that their tongues are so long! I have never seen a picture like the first one with the giraffe's tongue sticking out so far! Weird! That's also super interesting about their tongue being dark so they won't get sunburnt! I wonder if it has always been this way or if it is a characteristic that came about through evolution...
ReplyDeleteI am so jealous of giraffes tongues! They seem so cool! I wonder if they were always this long and tough or if this came about through evolution with the food they eat. I wonder if humans had to eat food off of trees that had thorns on them if our tongues would also become this cool!
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