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To understand why giraffes fight we need to take a look at their social hierarchy. Giraffes live in stable family groups with older females helping the mothers to care for the young. A group of ...
A mineral lick (also known as a salt lick) is a place where animals can go to lick essential mineral nutrients from a deposit of salts and other minerals. Mineral licks can be naturally occurring or artificial (such as blocks of salt that farmers place in pastures for livestock to lick).
Macaques and other primates lick leaves for water in addition to dipping their arms into tree crevices and licking the water off. [23] Chimpanzees use licking in a variety of ways: licking objects, such as dead trees, that others in their community have licked, [ 24 ] licking each other's body parts for grooming and sex [ 24 ] and licking rocks ...
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Giraffes are peaceful animals and rarely harm humans. They are not aggressive by nature, and like the giraffe in this video, they main defense mechanism is using their strong legs to kick.
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Giraffes have become popular attractions in modern zoos, though keeping them is difficult as they prefer large areas and need to eat large amounts of browse. Captive giraffes in North America and Europe appear to have a higher mortality rate than in the wild, the most common causes being poor husbandry, nutrition, and management.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed new protections for giraffes, saying their populations are threatened by poaching, habitat loss and climate change. Giraffes need endangered species ...