Can a Giraffe Jump?

Irish_Ranger_IR

Originally posted by Monkey
"Elephants are the only mammals that can't" - surely a hedgehog can't jump

What is a Mammal.

Mammals feed there off spring with milk, do female hedgehogs feed the young with milk?

Not sure myself, are Hedgehogs Mammals?

Saruman

A hedgeHog is a mammal. They rear their young in burrows like rabbits and rodents etc.. as far as i know thats how they do it anyway but they are mammals and they do suckle!

Irish_Ranger_IR

Originally posted by Saruman
A hedgeHog is a mammal. They rear their young in burrows like rabbits and rodents etc.. as far as i know thats how they do it anyway but they are mammals and they do suckle!

Ahhhh, aint them flee ridden hedgehogs qute !!!!

EvilGeorge

Where were you guys last night - I forgot my flash light but I think it was the Giraffe section or at least somthing was chasing me hoping mad !

Victor

I saw a documentary on the TV the other night about elephants. The reason that elephants can't jump is essentially because they can't run (i.e. their gait stays the same, no matter what speed they travel at). Their leg joints are very different to other plains animals. However, they can walk at 30 kph.

Kali

aye apparently elephants are the only animals with 4 forward-bending knees.
theres some useless trivia for ya

Monty - the one and only

this topic is degrading into useless spam, if it goes any further, the topic will go aswell.

Hannah

lol in the midst of the pray/prey debate i'd like to point out that it's all acdemic anyway since the giraffe would be killed by a predator not a prey

kiffer

Originally posted by Hannah
lol in the midst of the pray/prey debate i'd like to point out that it's all acdemic anyway since the giraffe would be killed by a predator not a prey

I thought Lions killed baby Giraffes?
< edit > um really should read the things i reply to....
I thought thats what the pray/prey thing was all about ... I'm not the sort of person who points out speeling mistakes ... cause my spelling is really bad... but i will point out things like predator/prey or some other mistake.
< / edit >

And I had allready said that Elephants had knee problems ... or did I just dream that...
Right I quit.

horn dog 1

Giraffes have only two gaits: ambling and galloping. When they walk, the left legs move together, then the right. When they gallop, the forefeet and hindfeet move together in pairs, like a jackrabbit, the hind legs landing outside and ahead of the forefeet at over 30 miles per hour. By avoiding cross motion, giraffes manage not to trip themselves.