Anita Sanchez - Save The...Giraffes
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Did you know that one well-placed giraffe kick is strong enough to kill a lion? How about that an adult giraffe can eat a hundred pounds of leaves in a day? Or that some giraffes hum to each other at night?
Perfect for all animal loversand giraffe fans in particularthis book is filled with all the facts you need to know to become a giraffe expert! Where are giraffes found? Whats it like to be a giraffe? Why are giraffes endangered, and who has been working hard to save them? Read this book and find out how you can help save the giraffes!
Complete with black-and-white photographs, a list of fun giraffe facts, and things that kids can do right this very moment to help save giraffes from extinction, this book, with an introduction by animal advocate Chelsea Clinton, is a must for every family, school, and community library.
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PHILOMEL BOOKS
An imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, New York
First published in the United States of America by Philomel Books,
an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2023
Text copyright 2023 by Chelsea Clinton
Photo credits: : Solly Levi Photography
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.
ISBN 9780593404171 (hardcover)
ISBN 9780593404188 (paperback)
ISBN 9780593404195 (ebook)
Edited by Talia Benamy and Jill Santopolo
Design by Lily Qian, adapted for ebook by Andrew Wheatley
The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content.
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This book is respectfully dedicated to Dr. Anne Innis Dagg, the very first giraffologist.
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ELEPHANTS
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WHALE SHARKS
Dear Reader,
When I was around your age, my favorite animals were dinosaurs and elephants. I wanted to know everything I could about triceratopses, stegosauruses and other dinosaurs that had roamed our earth millions of years ago. Elephants, though, captured my curiosity and my heart. The more I learned about the largest animals on land today, the more I wanted to do to help keep them and other endangered species safe forever.
So I joined organizations working around the world to support endangered species and went to our local zoo to learn more about conservation efforts close to home (thanks to my parents and grandparents). I tried to learn as much as I could about how we can ensure animals and plants dont go extinct like the dinosaurs, especially since its the choices that were making that pose the greatest threat to their lives today.
The choices we make dont have to be huge to make a real difference. When I was in elementary school, I used to cut up the plastic rings around six-packs of soda, glue them to brightly colored construction paper (purple was my favorite) and hand them out to whomever would take one in a one-girl campaign to raise awareness about the dangers that plastic six-pack rings posed to marine wildlife around the world. I learned about that from a book50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earthwhich helped me understand that youre never too young to make a difference and that we all can change the world. I hope that this book will inform and inspire you to help save this and other endangered species. There are tens of thousands of species that are currently under threat, with more added every year. We have the power to save those species, and with your help, we can.
Sincerely,
Chelsea Clinton
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If you want to look a giraffe in the eye, you have to look up... up... up! The giraffe looms high over your head, calmly chewing leaves while its keen, long-lashed eyes gaze down at you standing far below. Giraffes are the tallest animals in the world. An adult giraffe can be more than seventeen feet tallthats about as high as three six-foot humans balancing on each others shoulders.
Giraffes have best friends just like people do!
Most of us, if were lucky enough to see a live giraffe, watch them in a human-created environment. Giraffes have been kept in zoos for a very, very long time. Thousands of years ago, Egyptian pharaohs sent expeditions south of the Sahara Desert to capture these strange-looking creatures. Roman emperors prized them to use in victory parades. From ancient times, the earliest scientists were mystified by giraffes. Ancient Chinese explorers thought they looked like a kind of unicorn. Some Greek naturalists had a theory they were a cross between a long-necked camel and a leopard. Century after century, people marveled at these unique animals in zoos all over the world.
But in the wild, giraffes live in a very different habitat from a crowded urban zoo. Giraffes live on the continent of Africa (an enormous land mass three times the size of the United States) and theyre found in many African countries. These majestic animals roam a habitat called the savanna. A savanna is a grassland that has warm temperatures all year long and is dotted with clumps of bushes and widely scattered trees. On their long legs, giraffes glide across this broad landscape with slow-motion grace, tails swishing to shoo away insects. Zebras, antelope, elephants, rhinos, and lots of smaller animals might share a giraffes habitat, which is beautiful, wildand dangerous.
The savannas low hills and thickets are filled with places where predators can hide. Lions, leopards, hyenas, and African wild dogs all prey on giraffes. These predators stalk their prey, sometimes creeping for hours in the tall grass, lying just below the crest of a hill, waiting... waiting... for the perfect moment to pounce!
But a long-necked, sharp-eyed giraffe can be pretty hard to sneak up on.
Imagine if your head were six feet above your shoulders. Youd be able to see much farther than anyone around you. Giraffes long necks rise above the tall grass like periscopes sticking up from a submarine, scanning for danger. Their keen eyes can spot a stalking lioness or prowling hyena before it gets close enough to pounce. Other animals, like zebras and antelope, keep a wary eye on nearby giraffes, using them as a sort of alarm system. When the giraffes start to run, so do they.
Giraffes keep a sharp lookout over the savanna.
Leaves, leaves, and more leaves are what giraffes love to eat. Lots of other animals that live on the savanna eat leaves, too, and the bottom branches can get pretty bare. But another advantage of that super long neck is that giraffes can eat from the tops of tall trees, where no other animal can reach. Their massive bodies need a lot of food for energy, and so giraffes eat pretty much all day long. An adult giraffe can eat about seventy-five pounds of leaves in a day.
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