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A group of octopuses is called a consortium. An octopus has eight arms covered in suckers that can grab and even taste. It has three hearts and blue blood!
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What Is a Group of Giraffes Called? Tower
A group of giraffes is called a tower. Below you will find why giraffes gather together, fun facts and other animals with the same group name.
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The answer
A group of giraffes is called a tower.
Say the word together, then read two quick facts to remember it.
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Say “tower”
A group of giraffes is called a tower. Say it slowly and clap for each part of the word.
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Living together
Being in a tower helps giraffes stay safe, find food and look after their young.
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Fun fact
The giraffe is the tallest animal in the world.
Act it outPretend to be a tower with friends.
Write itWrite “tower” and circle the first letter.
Match gameSay an animal, your child says its group name.
Similar animals
More Animal Group Names
Learn these together with the giraffe. Tap a name to hear it.
Mammal
A group of sloths is called a bed. Sloths move so slowly that tiny green algae can grow in their fur. They spend most of their lives hanging upside down in trees.
Group: bed Read sloth factsReptile
A group of snakes is called a den. Snakes have no legs and move by bending their long, strong bodies. They smell the air by flicking out their forked tongue.
Group: den Read snake factsMammal
A group of meerkats is called a mob. Meerkats live in big family groups in the deserts of southern Africa. One meerkat stands guard on its back legs and calls out if danger is near.
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Quick quiz
Group Name Quiz: Giraffe
A tiny game to check what stuck. Read the question out loud and let your little one tap the answer.
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Questions About Groups of Giraffes
A group of giraffes is called a tower. A giraffe’s tongue is dark blue-black and about 50 cm long.
A baby giraffe is called a calf.
Many giraffes spend time in towers, especially to find food or raise babies. The giraffe is the tallest animal in the world.
Giraffes eat acacia leaves and shoots.
Giraffes live in Africa.
Many group names are hundreds of years old. People made them up to describe how the animals look, sound or act together.