Giraffes are the tallest animals on Earth, and almost everything about them is surprising, from their seven neck bones to their dark blue tongues. These riddles cover how giraffes eat, sleep and live on the African savanna.
Each riddle has a different answer, so you will meet acacia trees, ossicones, the okapi and the odd name for a group of giraffes on the move.
Easy Giraffe Riddles for Kids
- I am the tallest animal on Earth, with a very long neck and a spotted coat. What am I? 👉 A giraffe
- I am a baby giraffe. What am I called? 👉 A calf
- I am a thorny tree, and giraffes love to nibble my leaves. What am I? 👉 The acacia
- I am the brown patches all over a giraffe’s coat. What am I? 👉 Spots
- I am long, dark and strong, and a giraffe uses me to pull leaves off branches. What am I? 👉 Its tongue
- I am the wide, grassy land in Africa where giraffes roam. What am I? 👉 The savanna
- I am the only continent where giraffes live in the wild. What am I? 👉 Africa
- I am a big cat that sometimes hunts giraffes. What am I? 👉 A lion
- I am the two furry, horn-like knobs on top of a giraffe’s head. What am I? 👉 Ossicones
- I am a hard foot about the size of a dinner plate. What am I? 👉 A hoof
- I am a black-and-white striped animal that often grazes near giraffes. What am I? 👉 A zebra
- A giraffe has to spread its front legs wide and bend down low to drink me. What am I? 👉 Water
- I swing at the back of a giraffe, and my hairy tuft swats away flies. What am I? 👉 Its tail
Giraffe Fact Riddles
These riddles are based on real giraffe facts. The note after each answer explains it.
- A giraffe has this many bones in its long neck, the same number as you. How many? 👉 Seven (each giraffe neck bone can be more than 25 cm long)
- A giraffe’s heart weighs about this much: 1 kg, 11 kg or 50 kg? 👉 About 11 kg (it has to pump blood all the way up to the brain)
- I am the giraffe’s closest living relative. I live in the forests of Congo and my legs have stripes like a zebra. What am I? 👉 The okapi
- Giraffes need very little of this each day, often less than two hours. What is it? 👉 Sleep
- When a baby giraffe is born, it drops about this far to the ground. How far? 👉 About 1.5 to 2 meters
- I am the name for a group of giraffes walking together. What am I? 👉 A journey (a group standing still is called a tower)
- Scientists think a giraffe’s dark tongue helps protect it from this while it eats in the sun. What is it? 👉 Sunburn
- A tall male giraffe can reach about this height. How tall? 👉 About 5.5 meters
- Researchers recorded giraffes making this low sound at night. What is it? 👉 Humming
- No two giraffes have the same coat pattern, just like this feature on human hands. What is it? 👉 Fingerprints
Funny Giraffe Riddles
- Why are giraffes so slow to say sorry? 👉 It takes them a long time to swallow their pride
- Why do giraffes never win at hide and seek? 👉 They are always spotted
- Which fruit do giraffes like best? 👉 Neck-tarines
Giraffe Brain Teasers
- A zoo has 3 giraffes and 2 ostriches. How many legs are there altogether? 👉 16
- A giraffe eats about 30 kg of leaves a day. How much does it eat in a week? 👉 210 kg
- A giraffe is 5 m tall, and its neck is 2 m long. How tall would it be without its neck? 👉 3 m
- A zoo has 4 giraffe families with 3 giraffes in each. How many giraffes live there? 👉 12
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