Their footprints are 12 inches and 9 inches wide. You would have to run in order to keep up with a giraffe walking because every step a giraffe takes is 15 feet long. Giraffes are in the long-necked ruminants family. They share that family with the okapi. Since giraffes have such long necks, it is hard for them to drink.
Giraffes are very peaceful animals.
A giraffe's neck can be 78 inches long. The giraffes' biggest enemy is the lion. A giraffe is one of the few animals that uses mostly its front legs when it runs. Giraffes only eat leaves up to a certain height, then stop. Then they go on to the next tree to eat more.