How tall is a giraffe?

Compared with things you know

• About 3.2 times as tall as an adult person (1.7 m)
• About 2.8 times as tall as a standard interior door (2 m)
• About 12% as tall as the Statue of Liberty without its pedestal (46 m)

Did you know?

Giraffes are the tallest living land animals: big males reach about 5.5 m, more than three adults stacked up.

More sizes

• Great white shark4.6 m · 15.1 ft long
• White rhinoceros3.7 m · 12.1 ft long
• African elephant3.2 m · 10.5 ft tall at the shoulder
• Bottlenose dolphin3 m · 9 ft 10 in long
• Dromedary camel2 m · 6 ft 7 in tall at the shoulder
• American bison1.8 m · 5 ft 11 in tall at the shoulder

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