Giraffe Facts

By Linda L. Rigsbee

Everyone can identify the giraffe with its distinctive tall figure and colorful spots, but how much do we actually know about this strange-looking animal? What did it evolve from and is there any other animal like it on Earth? What are ossicones and what do people mean when they say giraffes are "necking?" Why is the giraffe considered an endangered species when there are so many?

This young adult lbook explores these questions and more with colored pictures by LindArt Studio.  The giraffe is a fascinating and surprising animal; one you will love even more when you get to know it.

Written and illustrated by award-winning author Linda L. Rigsbee, this book is both entertaining and educational.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HomeSpun Literature Publishing
• Release date: Oct 14, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201230166

Linda L. Rigsbee

Linda L. Rigsbee is an award-winning, multi-genre writer with over 60 books published since 1969. She writes cradle-to-rocking chair with one theme – keep it clean. No profanity, excess violence or explicit scenes. Rigsbee writes, draws, paints, sculpts, carves, sews and even cooks art. She illustrates her own children's books, sometimes using digital art created in MS Paint program using a regular wheel mouse. Learn more about this versatile artisan on her website.

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INTRODUCTION

While sculpting a giraffe, I did some research and discovered some unusual things that I didn't know about giraffes. I had to visit a lot of sites to find this information, so I decided to share my research in one book. It is available in print as a coloring book.

I sketch, sculpt, carve, paint, sew and dabble in other arts, but my passion is writing. I often combine my artistic skills with my writing skills. I did all the research and writing in this book and created the illustrations in colored pencil.

Fact 1

Early giraffes didn't have a long neck.

The giraffe is believed to have evolved from the samotherium or Palaeotragus, a species that lived in the Miocene period, about 25 million years ago. Samotheriums were ungulates (hoofed animals) that lived in Africa and Eurasia. The first giraffe may have been the Bohlinia, which lived 5 million years ago.

The closest living relative