Stands 5–6m (16-20ft) tall making it the tallest animal in the world.
Although a giraffe’s neck contains the same number of back bones (vertebrae) as a human neck, it is over 1.5 meters (5ft) long. Can you stretch yours that far?
Its tail hair is about 10 times thicker than the average strand of human hair. Just imagine getting knots out of that!
Has a bluish-purple tongue which is tough and covered in bristly hair to help them eat thorny acacia trees.