Kim sent through a very interesting photo, of a phenomenon that’s called “Giraffe necking”. When male competitors meet, and they want to protect their ladies (well rather their sole access to the ladies), then they start this “necking” game, whereby they swing their heads towards to other giraffe’s neck, which is very painful. This looks quite scary sometimes, but does in almost all cases not lead to lethal injuries. It is more a fight of attrition, whereby the male that cannot take the pain anymore decides to move on and fight another day.

Because of this necking habit, males giraffes do not have their hair tufts on top of their horns, as they lose these in this rather brutal practice.

So, here a photo showing you what that looks like. Very unique thing to see and experience. We do see it now and then, and with a bit of luck, you will be able to spot this happening in wild nature here as well.

But the way: we had a lion kill yesterday! We are busy working on the video footage, so I will publish the story very shortly! A rare and super exciting event, so that’s the sort of luckier-than lucky experiences for our guests.