Scientific Did You Know – 4
Did you know…
… giraffes have the same amount of cervical vertebrae as humans, more specifically 7?
A giraffe obviously has a much larger neck but the vertebrae are also a lot bigger respectively!
This is true for all vertebrates for that matter, they all have 7 cervical vertebrae. So also snakes and other reptiles, amphibians and birds!
image source: https://evolution-institute.org/article/how-giraffes-evolved-such-a-large-neck/