Hello - Welcome to 6th Grade at RMS!
Room #13
Math & Science
SIZE: Height to top of head (m) 5 m, (f) 4,5 m; mass (m) 1 200 kg, (f) 800 kg. COLOUR: Well-defined, irregularly shaped patches varying from fawn to dark brown, patterned on a paler background that shades to white on the lower legs. Colouring darkens with age; varies widely geographically. SPEED: 50 km/hr GESTATION PERIOD: 14 -15 months POTENTIAL LONGEVITY: 28 years MOST LIKE: Unlike any other animal. HABITAT: From sparsely wooded scrubland to thickly over-grown bush country, especially where there are acacia and other thorn trees to provide the giraffe's staple diet of leaves, and to provide camouflage.