Rothschild Giraffes In Murchison Falls National Park,Uganda Stock Photo

The giraffe is the tallest animal among all the animals found in Uganda national parks, the giraffes are in different species, but in Uganda, there is only the Rothschild type of the giraffe. The mature giraffe measures up to 5-6m high and weighs 1200kgs for the males being slightly larger than the females. The females weigh up to 850kg. The giraffes often stay in the open on the savannah grass lands with lots of acacia plants from which they feed on at most times, in a single day, a giraffe can consume up to 29kgs of the acacia plant leaves daily.