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Two male Plains Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) necking, Chudob, Etosha, Namibia: Sequence 3, Image 5 of 6
From adolescence male giraffes 'neck' with each other, in which they test each other's fighting potential by pushing and hitting each other's neck or torso with their heads. Genuine fights only occur when there is a challenge to the dominant male, which normally will mate with all the females.
Photo ID: NAM_0877_Two_youngish_male_Giraffes_(Giraffa_camelopardalis)_sparring_with_each_other__Etosha__NamibiaCESA
Photo size: 16.5 Mpixels (47.1 MB uncompressed) - 4057x4057 pixels (13.5x13.5 in / 34.3x34.3 cm at 300 ppi)
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