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Description: Why You Should Avoid Deadly Giraffes! SUBSCRIBE for the latest videos: goo.gl/7xzjzR Did you know that Giraffes do not sleep due to their vulnerability to predators? They sleep in standing or sitting position. Giraffes also sleep 30 minutes a day, 5-minutes each time. Should the giraffe need to run, it does so at the speed of a vehicle. Giraffes can chase at 60 km/h. if you have to run away from a giraffe, do not go near their legs. A giraffe kicks in all directions and in a manner of ways. A giraffe’s kick can kill a lion and decapitate it. To illustrate, a giraffe cannot lose a fight to a lion. Lions often attack at the neck and tackle big animals from there. Yet, due to its size, a lion cannot reach its neck for a bite. The giraffe’s neck is roughly 15 feet off the ground. So successfully attack a giraffe, lions attempt to knock them off their feet. That way, they can pull the animal to their feet and avoid a kick in the head. A giraffe weighs more than most cars. In addition, giraffes are the tallest animals on land. When they are fully grown on land, they could be as tall as 14 feet in females and 18 feet tall in males. The females could weigh 1,500 pounds and males could be 3,000 pounds. The feet alone could be 6 feet long. That taller than 90% of the world’s human population. The giraffe body is relatively short despite its long neck and legs. Also, giraffes have the longest tails on land. They have tails as long as 8 feet. Meanwhile, giraffes are very heavy despite being lanky. The average weight of a giraffe is 1,192 kg for adult male and 828 kg for adult female. As well, giraffes do not eat a lot of meat. With their might and weight, one might think they eat a lot. Truthfully, they do not eat so much. They drink once every few days and eat leaves. They eat leaves and twigs from trees, especially spiky acacia trees. They are picker with food than the average animal. They do not eat much and they cope with drought better. For instance, their foods are from the tallest trees and those do not run dry even in savanna lands. The tallest trees have the deepest roots that reach down further to access water that other trees cannot access. For emphasis, giraffes can eat bones. They are not predators, meaning they do not kill and eat other animals. However, their huge skeletons require more calcium and phosphorus than they get from the leaves. Their vegan diet does not provide them the right nutrients from the bones. The easy solution is to eat the carcasses of other animals to better strengthen their bones. #7. BLYDE WILDLIFE ESTATE A woman, 35-years-old and her 3-year-old son were attacked and left in critical condition. The incident occurred near their home in Johannesburg in September 2018. Katy and Finn Williams were attacked some 150 meters from their home. #6. ZIMBABWE ATTACK When you hear a guide say run in Africa, you know it is terrible. Daniel and Laura Core were at the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park in Zimbabwe when they spotted a giraffe walking near the path. The guide told them to get down and get close-up pictures. While filming, a huge giraffe started approaching from the side. #5. CYCLIST KILLED IN SA A man was out cycling in the game lodge around Johannesburg when a giraffe killed him. Braam Bosse, 45, was discovered by guess at the Thabo Monate Game Lodge. Meanwhile, nobody knows precisely how the incident occurred because he went cycling alone. #4. OPEN-TOP JEEP ATTACK A group of tourists was chased in their open-top jeep as they drove through the safari at a South African game park. The group attended a wedding and then decided to see what else they could enjoy while in the area. Suddenly, one of them turned and saw that a giraffe was galloping behind their vehicle and towering over them. #3. WRONG GIRAFFE 2 giraffes were having a chilled time with a couple. As we see in these wildlife hotels, they joined the pair for breakfast. One of the animals was happy being petted, yet the other was not interested in his companion receiving attention from the guest. Again, there is a school of thought that they preferred the man's attention to that of the woman. Who knows, they might find her as competition. #2. VICTORIA FALLS ATTACK Carla and Don Berryann stayed at a resort close to Victoria Falls in Zambia. While enjoying their 2-week stay, they were attacked by a vicious giraffe. #1. FILMMAKERS KILLED IN SA Southern African giraffes are some of the most wholesome. As well, they might be some of the most dangerous if this list tells us anything. A filmmaker in South Africa died after he disregarded the safety briefing and went too close to a giraffe. Do you still like Giraffes?