It is a gentle and social animal that lives in small herds led by an adult male who leads a group of females with their young and other males that have not yet reached sexual maturity.

Their diet is exclusively herbivorous, feeding on tree branches. It is very rare to see a giraffe graze because the posture it adopts by spreading its front legs makes it an easy prey for predators (for this reason, they can go days without drinking water). The spots covering the skin of giraffes vary according to the region in which they live.