Giraffes

Zoobooks Series

by John Bonnett Wexo

We aren't talking big, here -- we're talking giant. The heart of an adult giraffe can measure two feet, and pump 20 gallons of blood every minute. With so much blood racing around, how is it a giraffe can bend over to drink and not pass out? All the secrets are revealed in Giraffes.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Animals

24 pages, Hardcover

First published June 12, 1984

About the author

John Wexo is best known for authoring and developing Zoobooks educational children’s books on wildlife and science.