Giraffe up to , and can sustain for several kilometres. A giraffe rests by lying with its body on top of its folded legs. To lie down, the animal kneels on its front legs and then lowers the rest of its body. To get back up, it first gets on its knees and spreads its hind legs to raise its hindquarters. It then straightens its front legs. With each step, the animal swings its head. In captivity, the giraffe sleeps intermittently around 4.6 hours per day, mostly at night. It usually sleeps lying down, however, standing sleeps have been recorded, particularly
The Burning Giraffe work. In the distance is a giraffe with its back on fire. Dalí first used the burning giraffe image in his 1930 film "L'Âge d'Or" ("The Golden Age"). It appears again in 1937 in the painting "The Invention of Monsters." Dalí described this image as “the masculine cosmic apocalyptic monster.” He believed it to be a premonition of war. The Burning Giraffe The Burning Giraffe (1937) is a painting by the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí. Dalí painted "Burning Giraffe" before his exile in the United States, which was from 1940 to 1948. Although Dalí declared himself apolitical, "I am Dalí,