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Giraffe

Giraffa camelopardalis

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

Knob like horns are present on the head and these are well developed in adult bulls.

Habitat:

dry savanna woodland

Notes:

I spotted this Giraffe calming eat while on Safari in Hluhlue/Umfolozi National Park. Later we saw family walking away with the setting sun on them as seen in the last photo.

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Comments (6)
Dan Doucette
That does sound like an amazing site Karen, sorry I missed this comment. Jessica, say thank you to your daughter for me.
KarenL
We saw a couple of young male giraffes banging heads & necks when we were in south africa - it was an amazing sight to see!
Dan Doucette
Thanks Karen, I didn't know that but it makes sense. Looks like this is probably a female then.
KarenL
We were told that you can sex a giraffe by it's horns - the females have hair on theirs but the males don't as it gets rubbed off when they bang heads to establish dominance!

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PublishedOctober 18, 2011

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