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Do giraffes live in the jungle or forest?
Giraffes live primarily in savanna areas in the sub-Saharan region of Africa. Their extreme height allows them to eat leaves and shoots located much higher than other animals can reach. In particular, they seek out acacia trees.
Are giraffes part of the jungle?
Here are three big ideas about animals in the jungle you can help children explore: ➢ Elephants, monkeys and giraffes are wild animals that live in the jungle. ➢ Jungle animals sometimes live in zoos.
Where do giraffes live?
Where do giraffes live? The natural habitat for giraffes used to be distributed throughout North and West Africa, including the Sahara, and along the Nile. However, today giraffes are only found in sub-Sarahan Africa.
Do giraffes live in a herd?
Giraffes are social animals that live in unstable herds of 10 to 20 individuals, although they can be up to 50 members. However, they do not have strong social ties like other animal species, except the mothers with their offspring, since each member of the herd can leave the group at will.
Do giraffes live in the rain-forest?
The reticulated giraffe, also known as Somali Giraffa (Giraffa reticulata), inhabits south of Ethiopia and Somalia as well as north-east Kenya. It lives in rainforests, forests , and savannas in these regions. According to estimations around 450 specimens live in zoos around the world being one of the most common species found in these facilities.
Can elephants and giraffes live in the same habitat?
The Dallas Zoo has become the first zoo in North America to combine African elephants with zebras, giraffes, impalas, ostriches and guinea fowl in the same habitat. African elephants, zebras, giraffes, impalas, ostriches and guinea fowl all live side-by-side in the Dallas Zoo’s Giants of the Savanna habitat, just as they would in the wild.
What part in the world do giraffes live in?
Giraffes live in sub-Saharan Africa, south of the Sahara Desert, from Niger all the way to Zimbabwe and Botswana. The largest concentration is in central eastern Africa. Many wild giraffes populate Kenya and Tanzania. Masai giraffes live in the Serengeti while the Nigerian giraffe is found in Western Africa. The Savanna