communication. When a giraffes feels threatened it will bellow, grunt, or snort. They will moo in distress. Cows will also bellow for lost calves and calves will bleat. Courting bulls will make a raucous cough. Giraffes are not very territorial but bulls do fight. Bull will first rumb necks together to show dominance and if this doesn’t prove the most strength they will start butting heads using their short horns on the top of their heads. When they rumb necks togther to show domince it is called, “necking.” Males will fight to gain a mate. Bulls can have more than one mate. Groups are usually lead by a dominant older bull with younger males and females following. Giraffes travel along the grassy plains of a savannas. They had once lived
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Some wild males wait till six or seven years old. Usually calves are born during dry season, but can be born any season. The gestation period for a giraffe is thirteenth to fiftteen months. Most mothers use the same area to birth each year. When born the calf has a 6 ½ ft. drop from it’s mother and will start feeding from their mother within twenty minutes. After about 24 hours calves can walk and even run. At birth calves are 6ft. tall and weigh 150 lbs. Calves they are very vulnerable to lions because they don’t have enough weight to protect themselves. 50% of the calves born in the wild die from lions. Calves grow 3 cm. Each day for the first week. In a year calves will grow to be about 10ft. tall and be weaned. Even after being weaned they are still vulnerable and become fully independent by fiftteen months. Giraffes are endangered, but are on the least concerned list. They are endangered because if poaching and habitat loss. Giraffes are hunted for their hide, hair, and nutritious meat. Their population in West Africa, south of the Saria had dropped since the 20th century. Also in Nigeara the population has drop dropmatittly. Different villages have started to take notice and try to help protect them. “Nigerian orginazation help their population to grow by thriple.” (Silhol, S., Guérive, G., & Doucedame, M.
Some wild males wait till six or seven years old. Usually calves are born during dry season, but can be born any season. The gestation period for a giraffe is thirteenth to fiftteen months. Most mothers use the same area to birth each year. When born the calf has a 6 ½ ft. drop from it’s mother and will start feeding from their mother within twenty minutes. After about 24 hours calves can walk and even run. At birth calves are 6ft. tall and weigh 150 lbs. Calves they are very vulnerable to lions because they don’t have enough weight to protect themselves. 50% of the calves born in the wild die from lions. Calves grow 3 cm. Each day for the first week. In a year calves will grow to be about 10ft. tall and be weaned. Even after being weaned they are still vulnerable and become fully independent by fiftteen months. Giraffes are endangered, but are on the least concerned list. They are endangered because if poaching and habitat loss. Giraffes are hunted for their hide, hair, and nutritious meat. Their population in West Africa, south of the Saria had dropped since the 20th century. Also in Nigeara the population has drop dropmatittly. Different villages have started to take notice and try to help protect them. “Nigerian orginazation help their population to grow by thriple.” (Silhol, S., Guérive, G., & Doucedame, M.