AnimalsSavanna
Giraffe Fun facts for kids
Giraffa camelopardalis
The giraffe lives on grassy plains with trees, in Africa and eats leaves and flowers from tall trees.
- Where it lives
- on grassy plains with trees, in Africa
- What it eats
- leaves and flowers from tall trees
- How big it is
- taller than two grown-ups standing together
Fun facts about the giraffe
The ones Sammy likes best. She tells them in the game, too.
A giraffe's tongue is dark bluish purple and as long as your arm, which may help stop it getting sunburned.
A giraffe's long neck has just seven neck bones, the same as yours, but each one is enormous.
Giraffes sleep very little, sometimes only half an hour a day, and often do it standing up.
People thought giraffes were almost silent, but they actually hum to each other at night.
No two giraffes have the same spots, just like no two people have the same fingerprints.
Little birds ride on giraffes and pick bugs off their skin, even from inside their ears and noses.
A giraffe's heart is as heavy as a big bag of potatoes, so it can pump blood all the way up that neck.
To drink, a giraffe has to spread its front legs wide and bend way down, which looks really funny.
Riddle
Can a friend guess it?
Read the clues to someone, one at a time, without saying the animal. How many clues do they need? Fewer is better, just like in the game.
I live in Africa, on grassy plains with trees here and there.
I sleep very little, sometimes only half an hour a day, and often standing up.
People thought I was almost silent, but at night I hum softly to my friends.
My tongue is dark bluish purple and as long as your arm.
I'm the tallest animal on land, and my long neck reaches leaves high up in trees.
Sammy might be thinking of a giraffe.
In Thought Zoo, Sammy picks an animal and you ask her yes-or-no questions to find it. You'll find the giraffe in the Savanna adventure.
Play the SavannaComing to iPad, iPhone and Android on 12 January 2027
