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Particularly stable giraffe groups are those made of mothers and their young, [91] which can last weeks or months. [99] Young males also form groups and will engage in playfights. However, as they get older, males become more solitary but may also associate in pairs or with female groups.
These fights can get violent and even involve cutting each other with the use of sharp horn-like pairs of ossicones on the top of their heads. The video above shows the fascinating way male ...
Compared to their moms, baby giraffes might seem tiny, but newborns like giraffes can be born standing at a whopping 6 feet tall. Although they may appear large, baby giraffes are typically pretty ...
San Diego Zoo shared a video on Saturday, April 6th of their newest baby giraffe named Elliott as he takes a rest by 'folding' himself up. Well, folding isn't the actual term, but it's way cuter ...
The okapi's neck is long compared to most ruminants, but not nearly so long as the giraffe's. Male giraffes are the tallest of all mammals: their horns reach 5.5 m (18 ft) above the ground and their shoulder 3.3 m (11 ft), whereas the okapi has a shoulder height of 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in). [9]
Often mistaken with the southern giraffe, the northern giraffe differs by the shape and size of the two distinctive horn-like protuberances known as ossicones on its forehead; they are longer and larger than those of southern giraffe. Male northern giraffes have a third cylindrical ossicone in the center of the head just above the eyes, ranging ...
Thornicroft's giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis thornicrofti), also known as the Rhodesian giraffe or Luangwa giraffe, is a subspecies of giraffe. It is sometimes considered a species in its own right (as Giraffa thornicrofti ) [ 2 ] or a subspecies of the Masai giraffe (as Giraffa tippelskirchi thornicrofti ).
Waffles was born to Snorgie on March 4. A new baby giraffe, whose name has not yet been announced, was born Sunday.