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The giraffe is the tallest animal in the world.
Like ___1___
mammals, it has only seven bones in its neck; its
height is accounted ___2___
by the extraordinary ___3___
of the bones.
Because of its long neck, the giraffe ___4___
very clumsy when it spreads out its four
___5___ and bends down to drink. It ___6___
enters deep forests where it can ___7___
be caught, or even be strangled ___8___
tree branches. It ___9___
only in grassland and open country and plains.
It
___10___
on leaves and not grass; picking the leaves from
trees ___11___
in tongue.
The soft, dark eyes of the giraffe ___12___
a giraffe its gentle look. Indeed, a giraffe in the
wild ___13___
no harm to other animals. Instead, it is hunted ___14___
the lion for food and by man for its ___15___
which makes good leather. The giraffe can ___16___
at more than forty-five kilometers per hour, even ___17___
than a horse.
The giraffe occasionally fights. It does so
swinging its head and horns ___18___
its opponent's neck. When two giraffes disagree ___19___
each other, they will sometimes fight ___20___
one of their necks is broken or dislocated.
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