ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -TALL TALE! Even though the neck of a giraffe can be eight feet long and weigh up to 600 pounds, they only have seven neck vertebrae-the same number of neck bones that humans have!

Detailed explanation-2: -The giraffe possesses a unique body plan with an extraordinarily long and flexible neck. However, the giraffe neck, like the human, basically consists of just seven bony cervical vertebrae.

Detailed explanation-3: -Unlike nearly every mammal that has seven vertebrae in its neck no matter how long or short its neck, sloths stand out as oddballs with up to 10.

Detailed explanation-4: –The camel and giraffe both have 7 cervical vertebrae in their body, like all other mammals. Their long neck is not due to more cervical vertebra lengths (about 10 inches long in giraffes) because of more cervical vertebra numbers.

Detailed explanation-5: -A duck has more neck bones than a giraffe! Ducks, Avians have between 11 and 25 cervical vertebrae, where as most mammals (including giraffes and humans) have “only” 7.