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Giraffa camelopardalis
Knob like horns are present on the head and these are well developed in adult bulls.
dry savanna woodland
I spotted this Giraffe calming eat while on Safari in Hluhlue/Umfolozi National Park. Later we saw family walking away with the setting sun on them as seen in the last photo.
Spotted on Mar 10, 2006
Submitted on Oct 18, 2011
6 Comments
Lily says very welcome. :)
That does sound like an amazing site Karen, sorry I missed this comment. Jessica, say thank you to your daughter for me.
My daughter really loved the pictures! She wanted to tell you that they are great.
We saw a couple of young male giraffes banging heads & necks when we were in south africa - it was an amazing sight to see!
Thanks Karen, I didn't know that but it makes sense. Looks like this is probably a female then.
We were told that you can sex a giraffe by it's horns - the females have hair on theirs but the males don't as it gets rubbed off when they bang heads to establish dominance!