As you watch the video, you can hear the loud whacks coming from the neck ... giraffe cervical vertebrae are attached to each other with ball and socket joints, making them able to bend their ...

A driver recently saw the giraffe — well, the neck and head of a giraffe — in Macomb, a Detroit suburb, and snapped some ...

SAM: Ooh! Those leaves look so yummy! Ooh… I wish I had a longer neck so I could reach them! GRANDDAD: Long, long ago, that's exactly what the giraffe said. SAM: Did they? GRANDDAD: Oh ...

In a new study, an international research team used genome sequencing for the first time to reveal clues about the genetic changes that led to the evolution of the giraffe’s stature and its ...

which may reveal why modern giraffes are so throaty. “Discokeryx has extreme morphologies of the head and neck adapted for head-butting behavior,” study coauthor and paleontologist Jin Meng tells ...

The video showcases the giraffe's struggle to maintain its balance while spreading its front legs and bending its neck towards the river in an attempt to drink. At one point, the giraffe pauses to ...

It has also been suggested that the animals grew larger to enable them to flee from predators in grasslands but needed a long neck to drink water on the ground. Giraffes are known to have high ...

Description: The tallest land mammal, with a neck as long as 6 feet, the giraffe is also well known for the unique brown and white pattern on its coat (“pelage”) and its lengthy eyelashes and legs.

We all know what happens when we get our spines in a bunch while we sleep, so how do giraffes manage to avoid the issue? This all comes down to the internal structure of the notorious neck.

A giraffe's neck is extraordinary long, making up a large part of its height. This allows the animal to reach the leaves of tall trees. But an elongated neck is also integral to the courtship ...

Animation describing the evolution of the giraffe. Sam, a young tortoise, wishes he had a longer neck to reach the nicest leaves. Grandad Charlie tells Sam a story about giraffes. Long ago ...