Giraffes are giant-sized in many ways.Adult giraffes weigh 850-1270 kilograms.That is heavier than a family car! And they have an enormous appetite - adults eat about 6 0 kilograms of leaves every day.They take leaves off tall tress with their 53-centimetre-longf tongues.Their large feet are wider than dinner plates
Perhaps surprisingly giraffes are very fast. Even baby giraffes can run at about 50kilometres perhour.That is quicker than lance Armstrong is average speed in the Tour de France but it is slower than a cheetah.Cheetahs can run at 80 kilometres perhour.Luckily for giraffes Cheetahs aren't strong enough to attack them-the giraffes are too heavy. In fact only lions are strong enough to attack young or weak giraffes.Thanks to its giant size a giraffes is life is better than many other savannah animals.