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  2. The Strange Way Giraffes Fight - AOL

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    The video above shows the fascinating way male giraffes fight. Known as “necking” the giraffes use their long and powerful necks to attack, delivering hard blows with each hit.

  3. Disruptive coloration - Wikipedia

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    Further, young giraffes are much more vulnerable to predation than adults: between 60% and 75% of calves die within a year. [12] Mothers hide their calves, which spend much of the time lying down in cover. Since the presence of a mother does not affect survival, Mitchell suggests that young giraffes must be extremely well camouflaged.

  4. Crypsis - Wikipedia

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    There is a strong evolutionary pressure for prey animals to avoid predators through camouflage, and for predators to be able to detect camouflaged prey. There can be a self-perpetuating coevolution, in the shape of an evolutionary arms race, between the perceptive abilities of animals attempting to detect the cryptic animal and the cryptic characteristics of the hiding species.

  5. Escape response - Wikipedia

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    Escape response in Antarctic krill.. Escape response, escape reaction, or escape behavior is a mechanism by which animals avoid potential predation.It consists of a rapid sequence of movements, or lack of movement, that position the animal in such a way that allows it to hide, freeze, or flee from the supposed predator.

  6. 12 Risky Mistakes to Avoid When Shopping on Craigslist and ...

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    5. Violent Crime. In 2021, 13 people were killed trying to buy or sell through Facebook Marketplace, which makes the idea of using the site for anything seem like an unnecessary risk. However ...

  7. Poachers have African giraffes on the verge of extinction - AOL

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    African giraffes are in danger of becoming extinct. Hunting and poaching have decimated the continent's giraffe population by about 40 percent, according to one estimate. There are now only about ...

  8. Camouflage - Wikipedia

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    Some authors have argued that adult giraffes are cryptic, since when standing among trees and bushes they are hard to see at even a few metres' distance. [55] However, adult giraffes move about to gain the best view of an approaching predator, relying on their size and ability to defend themselves, even from lions, rather than on camouflage. [55]

  9. The social media company said it's launching a test that will let Facebook users in Germany, France and the U.S. browse eBay listings directly on its Marketplace online classifieds service but ...