Very recently, on one of our safari game drives, we found these 2 Male Giraffe Necking. This is how giraffes fight.They stand with their rears together trying to push one another about and using their necks and heads they batter the other’s body.
The males do this to establish dominance over one another in turn deciding who is the male which will get the opppurtunity to mate. The males also get their baldness from this interaction with one another, hence why young male animals still have long hair on the tops of their osicones (Giraffe Horns).
In some cases where the two giraffes are equally matched the fight can get quite vicious and end up with one of the opponents being knocked out or knocked over.
Quinton Chick – Lodge Manager and Head Ranger