Giraffes are native to Africa. Thay are all around the continent and live in the savannas, grasslands, and open forests. They move to go find food, when they run out they go to a different spot to get more. Many people think because giraffes are herbivores they would thrive in thick forests but that is completely incorrect, they need a lot of room to move around due to their size. Their home range is between 8 square miles to 50 square miles. Giraffes are docile and non territorial, the home ranges overlap but there is never any problems. …show more content…
The open spaces lets the giraffes see where the nearest predators are an can get away fast. They are very fast and can quickly get away in needed. There are many different types of giraffes like the reticulated giraffe which lives in ethiopia, The south african giraffe lives in Zimbabwe and Botswana. Other giraffes are the Nigerian giraffe which lives in the southwest part of Niger. In south Sudan the Nubian giraffes thrive. There are many other types of giraffes that live all around the continent of