giraffe's long neck長頸鹿的脖子 Why the giraffe's neck is so long？ The giraffe's ancestors didn't have such a long neck. Long， long ago， the trees on the earth grew taller and taller. The giraffes at that time had to stretch out their necks to reach the tree leaves. Those with short necks died of starvation， while the long-necked giraffes survived. The long neck is heredity of the giraffes. 長頸鹿的脖子為什么那么長？實際上長頸鹿的祖先的脖子也不是太長。在很早的時候，因為地球上的樹木越長越高，長頸鹿為了吃到樹上的葉子，就必須伸長脖子去吃樹葉。脖子短的長頸鹿因為長期吃不上食物，就死去了，剩下脖子長的長頸鹿。而且隨著時間的推移，長頸鹿為了吃到更多的樹葉，就把脖子長的特點遺傳了下來。所以現(xiàn)在我們看到的長頸鹿的脖子都特別長。