Schleich - Giraffe, female (14320)

A long tongue, a long neck and long legs with spots in between are clues to a giraffe's arrival. A giraffe's heart can measure two feet long and weigh twenty-two pounds. Giraffes are the tallest land mammals-- their babies can reach six feet tall when they're born! Each giraffe has a unique pattern of spots on its coat -- subspecies of Giraffe are, in fact, differentiated by color and pattern variations as well as by geographic range. Some Giraffes are recognized by their rounded or blotched spots -- some with star-like extensions on a light tan background, running down to the hooves.

Schleich products are developed with the assistance of parents, teachers and children and are therefore especially designed for children’s hands.

Friedrich Schleich founded the company in 1935. The now famous Schleich figurines first came to life in the 1950's. The design of the Schleich products and the creation of the required tools are done in house, thus enabling us to control the initial vital steps of creating a new product. The production itself takes place at the company`s German headquarters and in a number of production facilities in foreign countries.