When the giraffe has finished eating, the food from the first stomach is regurgitated as cud and chewed again, before being sent to the third and fourth stomachs. The first stomach is where food travels to, while the second is where water goes. In order to process all this food, giraffes make use of four different stomachs. They get their daily water intake via the dew on the leaves, although they also make use of watering holes, where they can drink up to 12 gallons of water per trip. It eats by stripping leaves and flowers from the branches of trees using its lips and tongue, and requires 75 pounds of food each day.
RETICULATED GIRAFFE PREDATORS FULL
Their favourite foods include Acacia and Combretum trees, but their full range of diet consists of more than 100 different types of plant. This trait makes the reticulated giraffe one of the more successful animals in the African savannah in terms of survival. Due to their tall statures, they can reach foliage that other animals cannot get to. Their extra long necks gives them an edge when finding food. Giraffes mainly use their necks for reaching food in high places, but males also use theirs for 'necking', where two combatants swing their necks at one another in order to secure the other's female. Despite the fact their necks make up 8 feet of their total height, it only contains a total of seven bones the exact same amount found in a human neck. Reticulated giraffes can reach heights of 17-18 feet once they reach adulthood. They are also known to run at around 35 miles per hour. Reticulated giraffes are known to have good eyesight, and can spot predators and other animals approximately a mile away. Reticulated giraffes live in the savannas, woodlands, seasonal floodplains, and rainforests in Africa, and are also known as Somali giraffes. Her eyes are black, and her distinctive animal characteristics can be seen in the giraffe ossicones, pair of white animal ears, the long tufted tail and the spotted design on her outfit and hair. She has blonde hair with white bangs with a two-tone brown ponytail. She has long, straight hair with four distinctive colors. Her attire is complemented by a pair of white laced boots with brown toe caps.
She also wears a spotted skirt, stockings, and scarf. Reticulated Giraffe wears a a plain white shirt with a chest pocket and a brown tie.
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