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Meet a

Baby

Giraffe

Samantha S. Bell

Copyright 2016 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.

Content Consultant: Dr. Mark C. Andersen, Department of Fish Wildlife and Conservation Ecology,
New Mexico State University

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bell, Samantha.

Meet a baby giraffe / Samantha S. Bell.

pages cm (Lightning Bolt BooksTMBaby African animals)

ISBN 978-1-4677-7975-3 (lb : alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-4677-8361-3 (pb : alk. paper)

ISBN 978-1-4677-8362-0 (EB pdf)

1. GiraffeInfancyJuvenile literature. I. Title.

QL737.U56B45 2014
599.6381392dc23

2014038833

Manufactured in the United States of America

1 BP 7/15/15

Table of Contents

A Tall

Baby

After fifteen months, it is finally
time! A mother giraffe is ready
to have her baby. A baby giraffe
is called a calf. Giraffes usually
have one calf
at a time.
Sometimes they
have twins.

This mother giraffe
cleans her newborn calf.

A newborn calf is about
feet (2 meters) tall and
weighs pounds (100
kilograms). Thats
about the size of a
grown man!

A baby giraffe looks
a lot like its parents.
It has a spotted coat,
two short horns, and
a stiff mane.

A calfs mother and father
are to feet (4 to 5.5 m)
tall. They weigh between
1,750 and 2,800 pounds
(790 and 1,270 kg),
almost as much as
a small car.

Adult giraffes are
so tall they could
reach the top of
a one- story house.

A mother giraffe
helps her newborn
take its first steps.

A new calf can stand up when
it is one hour old. After just ten
hours, it can run with its mother!

A mother giraffe takes
care of her baby by
herself for the first
few weeks. Then
they both join
the herd.

Baby giraffes
stay close to
their mothers.

Therearefivetofortygiraffesinaherd.Theyaremalesandfemalesofallages.

Safe
with Mom

Intheherd,babygiraffesarepartofanurserygroup.Theyexploreandplaytogether.

One mother watches over
the calves while the other
giraffes look for food.

It is hard for lions,
hyenas, and leopards to
see calves in the grass.

The calves spotted coats blend
in with the grass. This helps
keep them hidden.

Giraffe hooves
are as big as
dinner plates!

A mother giraffe protects her
baby. She kicks predators with
her big hooves. Each hoof is
inches (31 centimeters) across!

Giraffes seem quiet. But they
make many different sounds.
They grunt or snort to warn
other giraffes of danger.

Giraffes also
moan, snore,
and hiss.

Mother giraffes sometimes
whistle to their calves. Calves
answer them by bleating.

Mothers whistle
for their calves
when they get
too far away.

This growing
calf is almost as
tall as its mother.

A calf grows about feet
(1 m) in the first year. Now it
is feet (3 m) tall. That is
as tall as a basketball goal.

Lets

Eat!

A newborn calf is hungry.
It starts nursing as soon as it

can stand.

It will drink

its mothers

milk for nine

to twelve

months. At

about four

months, it starts

eating leaves

from trees

and shrubs.

A giraffe can reach leaves
that are high up in trees
with its long tongue.

The calf and its mother use their
long tongues to pull leaves from
the branches. An adult giraffes
tongue is 1.5 to feet (0.5 to
0.6 m) long. That is about as
long as your arm.

A mother giraffe
and her calf eat
together.

The mother and baby chew
the leaves and swallow them.
Then the food comes back up.

Thegiraffeschewtheirfoodagain.Thisiscalledchewingtheircud.

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