giraffe presentation
Transcript: Presented by kristen kemper Giraffe Anatomy digestive digestive dog digestive dog digestive TEXT the dog diestive system includes the mouth, teeth, tounge, salivary glands, esophgus, stomach, intestines, pancreas, liver and gall bladder TEXT PICTURES PICTURES giraffe digestive giraffe digestive herbivorous diet eat 65-75# of plants a day effecient at extracting all nutrients from leaves extract water from food ruminant, 4 chambered stomach reproductive reproductive females can give birth to up to 12 calves in their lifetime immediately after coitus the male leaves the female to care for the calve gestation is 13 to 15 months birth while standing the baby will fall to the ground but are not injured females can give birth to up to 12 calves in the... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdPKC4wpog0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdPKC4wpog0 integumentary integumentary skin heavily pigamented with the epidermis polygon shaped pattern no two hides are alike, just like fingerprints skin heavily pigamented with the epidermis polygon shaped patte... horns all giraffes have a pair of hair covered horns, called ossicones male horns are aoprox. 10 in long, and are used for play fighting horns all giraffes have a pair of hair covered horns, called ossicones male horns are aoprox. 10 in lo... horns horns males males skeletal skeletal vertebrae Cervical 1-7 (just like everything else) vertebrae are just longer than ours, dogs & cats neck can be 6 ft long and weigh about 600# vertebrae Cervical 1-7 (just like everything else) vertebrae are just long... vertebrae vertebrae legs each leg is about 6 feet long a foot is the size of a dinner plate, ~12 inches diameter legs each leg is about 6 feet long a foot is the size of a dinner plate, ~12 inches diameter pictures pictures circulatory circulatory heart & lungs heart & lungs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me0d9YGbWAc start at min. 14 heart ~2 ft long ~25# needs to be able to pump blood 10 feet away from heart heart ~2 ft long ~25# needs to be able ... lungs holds 12 gallons of air if werent so large giraffe would breathe same air over and over again trachea is ~ 12 feet long lungs holds 12 gallons of air if werent so large giraffe would breathe same a...