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They need their long necks and legs to get their food. They eat leaves off of (tall) trees. Giraffes evolved from shorter animals, because the ability to eat leaves that most animals could not reach gave them a survival advantage.

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15y ago

Because of evolution. Their necks are so long because over a period of time, their necks grew longer in order for them to reach for leaves in tall trees. Im guessing the rest of their bodies changed to support their long necks.

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because god made them that way and they want to

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"giraffe" is the name we gave to the tallest animal. We might ask why the word "giraffe" has been chosen, but that is a different question :-)

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It is the tallest ANIMAL IN THE WORLD BECUASE IT HAS LONG NECK, LONG NECK. they are 4.8 to 5.5 meters and weight 900 kilograms.

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12y ago

So they can reach the leaves on the top of the trees

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because God made them that way so they can eat the leaves of the trees

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14y ago

to eat leaves off of high trees

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