ClassX Video Lessons Youtube Channel Smile and Learn English Giraffe ???? Animals for kids ???? Episode 7
Hello! Today, we’re going to learn about one of the tallest animals in the world: the giraffe. Are you ready to discover some amazing facts about giraffes? Let’s get started!
Giraffes are special because they are the tallest land animals. They have a skeleton inside their bodies, just like us, which makes them vertebrates. Giraffes are mammals, which means they have hair and their babies drink milk from their mothers. They love to eat leaves from tall trees in their home, the savannah.
Giraffes can weigh between 1,213 and 2,646 pounds, which is really heavy! They can grow up to 14 feet tall. That’s taller than most houses! Their long necks help them reach the highest leaves on trees. They also have a super long tongue, about 19 inches long, to grab those tasty leaves.
Giraffes are social animals and like to live in groups called herds. These herds usually have about 10 giraffes, but the members can change often. Did you know that you can tell how old a giraffe is by looking at its spots? The darker the spots, the older the giraffe!
Giraffes live in Africa, in places like the savannah, grasslands, and open woodlands. They are born taller than most adult humans, usually about six feet tall! Baby giraffes can run around just 10 hours after they are born and start eating leaves within a week. Aren’t they clever?
It’s easy to tell female giraffes from male ones. Female giraffes have horns covered with fur, while male giraffes do not. Giraffes don’t sleep much, only about 10 minutes to 2 hours a day, and they often sleep standing up. Isn’t that funny?
Even though they are so tall, giraffes can run really fast, reaching speeds of up to 38 miles per hour! Sadly, some giraffe species are in danger of disappearing forever. In the last 30 years, the number of giraffes in Africa has gone down by 40 percent because of hunting and losing their homes. We can help by protecting their homes and not hunting them.
Now you know a lot about these amazing animals! Maybe I should try taking a nap standing up like a giraffe. What do you think?
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Giraffe Neck Stretch: Let’s pretend to be giraffes! Stand up tall and stretch your neck as high as you can. Imagine you’re reaching for the highest leaves on a tree. How does it feel to be so tall? Now, look around your room or outside. What objects can you reach if you were a giraffe? Try to draw a picture of yourself as a giraffe reaching for something high.
Spot the Giraffe: Giraffes have unique spots, and you can tell their age by how dark the spots are. Create your own giraffe spots using paper and crayons or markers. Make some spots light and some dark. Can you create a story about your giraffe? How old is it, and what adventures does it go on in the savannah?
Giraffe Safari Observation: Next time you visit a zoo or watch a nature documentary, observe how giraffes interact with each other. Do they stay close together or wander off alone? How do they eat and move? Write down or draw what you notice about their behavior. Share your observations with your family or friends and discuss why giraffes might behave this way.
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Hello! Today, I’m here to tell you about one of the tallest animals: the giraffe. Would you like to learn some amazing facts about giraffes? Let’s go!
The giraffe is a vertebrate animal, which means it has an internal skeleton. It belongs to the mammal group and is herbivorous, primarily eating leaves from trees found in its habitat, the savannah. Giraffes can weigh between 1,213 and 2,646 pounds and have an average height of about 14 feet, making them the tallest land mammals in the world.
Giraffes are social animals and live in small herds of about 10 members. However, these herds tend to be open groups, and their members are constantly changing. Did you know that we can tell if a giraffe is young or old just by looking at it? The darker its spots, the older it is!
Giraffes live exclusively in Africa, in the savannah, grasslands, and open woodlands. A giraffe’s neck can reach up to 10 feet! Why do you think they have such a long neck? It’s so they can reach the leaves of the tallest trees. They also have a super long tongue, which is about 19 inches long.
As soon as they are born, giraffes are already taller than most adult humans, usually measuring about six feet in height. Within 10 hours of birth, the young can run free, and within a week, they can start to feed themselves. What clever animals!
Do you know how to distinguish females from males? It’s quite easy: females have horns covered with fur, while males do not. Unlike other savannah animals, such as lions, giraffes are not very sleepy. Most of them sleep between 10 minutes and 2 hours a day, and their favorite sleeping position is standing up—strange, right?
Being such tall animals, would you say they are slow or fast? They are actually very fast and can reach speeds of up to 38 miles per hour. Unfortunately, some species of giraffes are in danger of extinction. Africa’s total giraffe population has declined by 40 percent in the last 30 years, mainly due to poaching and habitat loss. Banning hunting and respecting wildlife territories can help stop this decline.
You’ve already learned a few things about these fascinating animals! I’m going to take a nap now. Should I try standing up like a giraffe?
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