translated from Spanish: Giraffe, a species in danger of extinction

in the Chapultepec Zoo, a female giraffe was born on March 2.
This week, the Ministry of the environment of the city of Mexico launched a call to choose his name.
It has almost 1.8 meters high and reports a good state of health, because it feeds on their mother’s milk, that coexist with other specimens such as cranes, antelopes and zebras.

#Entérate: family grows in the Chapultepec Zoo. Was born a little Giraffe ?❤️ and need a name, what would put you?
Decides here ?? https://t.co/I6yFdjqLOj#FelizJueves pic.twitter.com/3YJwj92PDe – medium environment CDMX (@SEDEMA_CDMX) April 4, 2019 breeding currently lives with his flock, consisting of one male and six females, two of them under one year of age; While his mother is called Keyla and is 17 years old, the Pope called Chacho and has eight years; her grandmother is Fortunata and 28 years, is the longest-lived Zoo giraffe.
However, the giraffe is an endangered species. The number of copies has fallen 40 percent since 1985, according to data from the International Union for the conservation of nature, (IUCN for its acronym in English).
In 1985, the estimated population of giraffes in Africa was between 151,702 and 163,452 individuals. By 2015, this figure had dropped to an estimated 97,562, representing a decrease of the population aged between 36 and 40%.
In 2015, the giraffe was listed as “vulnerable” on the red list of endangered species of the IUCN.
“The fragmentation, degradation and loss of habitat, disease, poaching (illegal hunting), growth and expansion of the human population, and war and civil unrest have impacted the number and distribution of giraffes in Africa, and” they continue to do so. Many threats arise from direct, indirect or perceived by human resources competence, their livestock and agricultural land”, says IUCN study on this species.
Alerts you to the habitat of the giraffe is degraded or destroyed by grazing, the clearing of land for agriculture and uncontrolled harvesting of timber and firewood.
“Damage to crops creates conflict between humans and giraffes, while close contact with domestic livestock can result in the transmission of diseases,” the study indicates.
We bring you some interesting facts about this species collected by the IUCN:-Giraffe is now an extinct species in at least seven countries in Africa.
Like human fingerprints, there are no two giraffes that have the same pattern of fur.
-The foot of Giraffe are the size of a plate of food, on average, has a diameter of 30 centimeters.
-Giraffe tongues are bluish-purple and measure between 45 and 50 cm long.
-The giraffe is the highest mammal in the world. Even giraffes newly born are much higher than most of the humans.
-The female giraffe gives birth standing. Its young dropped approximately 2 meters and can stop at the time of birth.
-About 50% of all giraffe calves do not survive their first year.
-The neck of a giraffe is too short to reach the floor. If you want to take water must extend their front legs or kneel to reach the ground.
-The only giraffe needs to drink once every few days. Most of its water comes from all the plants that eat.
-To protect the brain from sudden changes in blood pressure giraffe when lowers his head to drink, you have valves to stop the flow of blood and elastic vessels that dilate and contract to control the flow.
-NASA has investigated the blood vessels in the legs of giraffes for inspiration in human spacesuits.
-A heart of Giraffe can weigh up to 11 pounds and is the largest of any land mammal. Used for pumping 60 litres of blood around your body every minute blood pressure twice that of an average human.
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