https://padlet.com/u10413497/kd3ee781nr61 Made with joy en-us 2018-10-12 14:35:30 UTC 2025-12-31 06:33:51 UTC hello@padlet.com u10423906 https://padlet.com/u10413497/kd3ee781nr61/wish/292193468 their temperature can be controlled. during the day the giraffes are kept outside and moved under shelter at night so they can maintain the right temperature]]> 2018-10-12 14:39:01 UTC https://padlet.com/u10413497/kd3ee781nr61/wish/292193468 u10413497 https://padlet.com/u10413497/kd3ee781nr61/wish/292196435 Giraffes can inhabit savannas, grasslands or open woodlands. Giraffes prefer areas enriched with acacia growth. Most giraffes live either in East Africa or in Angola and Zambia in southwestern Africa. Until the middle of the 20th century giraffes were also commonly found in West Africa, south of the Sahara. But populations there have fallen sharply and become increasingly fragmented.]]> 2018-10-12 14:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/u10413497/kd3ee781nr61/wish/292196435 u10413497 https://padlet.com/u10413497/kd3ee781nr61/wish/292198373 Female giraffes associate in groups of a dozen or so members, occasionally including a few younger males. Male giraffes tend to live in bachelor herds, with older males often leading solitary lives. A individual giraffe can join or leave the herd at any time and for no particular reason. Giraffes spend up to half their time feeding and most of the remainder is taken up either by searching for food or slowly digesting what they have eaten. Sometimes giraffes sleep during the daytime, often while standing. Giraffes normally lie down only at night, tucking their feet under the body and usually keeping the head upright. However, when a giraffe is sleeping, something it does only for just a few minutes at a time, it curves its neck around and rests its head on or near its behind.]]> 2018-10-12 14:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/u10413497/kd3ee781nr61/wish/292198373 u10423906 https://padlet.com/u10413497/kd3ee781nr61/wish/292204529 2018-10-12 14:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/u10413497/kd3ee781nr61/wish/292204529