The giraffe

10/10/2020 8:16:00 PM
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Do you know?

  • A giraffe’s spots are much like human fingerprints. No two individual giraffes have exactly the same pattern.
  • Giraffes only need 5 to 30 minutes of sleep in a 24-hour period! They often achieve that in quick naps that may last only a minute or two at a time.

Let's explore more about giraffes!

A male giraffe's weight ranges between 1,200 - 1,300 pounds.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE
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Giraffes are social animals and live in herds.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE
  • NOT MENTIONED

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

Can you name the tallest mammal? If you said giraffe, you are correct. The male is taller than the female giraffe. Did you know that the male giraffe can get as tall as 19 feet? The female giraffe is still very tall. She gets as tall as 16 feet. The giraffe is a heavy mammal. A male giraffe can weigh between 2,000 - 3,000 pounds.

In the wild, the giraffe usually lives about 25 years. The giraffe lives mostly in Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa. A giraffe makes its home on the savannas of Africa. The savanna has tall trees, land, open plains, and forests. The giraffe eats leaves from the trees for . They usually eat the leaves of the acacia tree. A giraffe can go a very long time without drinking water. It is able to get from the tree leaves.

The giraffe is a social animal, which means that it likes to live in groups with other giraffes, called . These herds can get very large and are not organized in any way. Because giraffes have such interesting coats, they are often hunted. They are also hunted for their meat and tails. The tails are made into good-luck bracelets. Unfortunately, there are no current laws protecting the giraffe.

Read and answer the following questions.

The Giraffe

Angola Giraffe.Image: imago.com

Can you name the tallest mammal? If you said giraffe, you are correct. The male giraffe is taller than the female giraffe. Did you know that the male giraffe can get as tall as 19 feet? The female giraffe is still very tall. She gets as tall as 16 feet. The giraffe is a heavy mammal. A male giraffe can weigh between 2,000 - 3,000 pounds.

In the wild, the giraffe usually lives about 25 years. The giraffe lives mostly in Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa. A giraffe makes its home on the savannas of Africa. The savanna has tall trees, arid land, open plains, and forests. The giraffe eats leaves from the trees for nourishment. They usually eat the leaves of the acacia tree. A giraffe can go a very long time without drinking water. It is able to get moisture from the tree leaves.

The giraffe is a social animal, which means that it likes to live in groups with other giraffes, called herds. These herds can get very large and are not organized in any specific way. Because giraffes have such interesting coats, they are often hunted. They are also hunted for their meat and tails. The tails are made into good-luck bracelets. Unfortunately, there are no current laws protecting the giraffe.

Source: Daily Warm-ups Reading 4

Which sentence in the last paragraph shows how the author feels about hunting giraffes?
  • Giraffes are hunted for their meat and tails.
  • Unfortunately, there are no current laws protecting the giraffe.
  • The giraffe has such an interesting coat.
  • The tails are made into good luck bracelets.
According to this passage, giraffes are hunted for their _____.
  • interesting coats and tails
  • great height
  • good luck
  • meat and teeth
You can conclude that a giraffe would probably do well living in _____.
  • the Sonoran Desert
  • mountain ranges
  • dry land with plenty of trees
  • the area of swamp

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.

  1. The male is taller than the female giraffe.
  2. The savanna has tall trees, land, open plains, and forests. 
  3. The giraffe eats leaves from the trees for . 
  4. These herds can get very large and are not organized in any way. 
  5. The giraffe is a social animal, which means that it likes to live in groups with other giraffes, called . 
  6. A giraffe can go a very long time without drinking water. It is able to get from the tree leaves.

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

  1. A full-grown is 5.5 m tall.
  2. Stedman kept a of goats on the island opposite.
  3. You should give a example of alcohol’s effect on the body.
  4. The desert is so that nothing can grow there.
  5. Young babies obtain all the they need from their mother's milk.
  6. Plants use their roots to absorb from the soil.