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How many neck vertebrae does a giraffe have compared with a human?

Past stat · 2026-08-24 UTC

The answer

Giraffes stretch their necks with the same count mammals usually get: seven cervical vertebrae, just wildly elongated ones. The "more bones" intuition is wrong; the bones are just absurdly long.

Correct answer: Both have seven

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