The Rothschild's Giraffe Project

Male giraffe display a unique ‘necking’ behaviour, usually used to establish dominance for access to females. This video is of young males practising their ‘necking’ skills – watch for one in particular who has developed a specialised tactic!

In May 2010 sadly a young giraffe (approx 4 weeks old) died of natural causes. The herd's behaviourfollowing this was very unusual, with several herd members repeatedly inspecting the carcass. They remained in the area for several days and the mother stayed alone, standing next to her dead calf. Read an article on this here.  This video shows some of the behaviour exhibited by herd members a few hours after death.