As BBC Earth wrote in an Instagram post on Sept. 23, 2023, “Human neck bones are half an inch tall, whereas giraffe neck bones are ten inches tall!” Similarly, a study published in June 2023 ...

These bones, stacked one on top of the other, form the backbone of the neck in nearly all mammals. While a human’s neck bones are modest in size, a giraffe’s cervical vertebrae are elongated ...