Do giraffes have long necks because their heads are a long way from their body. or is there another reason?

Answer 1

Giraffes evolved to have long necks because they are a better suited trait for reaching high leaves.

Answer 2

Giraffes have long necks because they need the leaves that grow on top of the tree in their diets.

The reason they have long necks is really because they need to adapt into their environment. In Africa, there are lots of other herbivores that share the same patch of feeding ground.

Instead of fighting with other animals for grass, the giraffe grew a longer neck to eat the leaves on trees, no longer needing to fight with other hebivores.

Answer 3

Giraffes have long neck because the tops of trees are a long way up from their bodies. Except zoo giraffes - they have long necks because the zoo keepers keep putting their food at the top of big poles.

Answer 4

heads too far from body???

if that's the case then if they didn't have a long neck how would the brain keep track of what it's bottom half was up to?

Answer 5

The general opinion is that evolution lead them that way in order to obtain food from the highest parts of trees. The lower parts having already been consumed by shorter animals.

Answer 6

to reach the trees to eat it the only four legged mammal that doesn't have to climb to get food in the wild expect for the element but the food they eat would hurt an elephant so i would gorw a long neck for that

Answer 7

Well it's not because they have loads of bones in their necks just 7 same as you and me.

Answer 8

its an adaption so they can feed on the leaves high up on trees as they live in areas where smaller animals devour the lower vegitation

Answer 9

No... their heads are so far away from their body, because their neck is so long...!!!

hahaha...

Answer 10

don't know the naswer ot that but they have the small amount of bones in their necks as we do