Giraffes Fighting

[Dawesy]

A strange pose to see Giraffes in but these two were fighting each other for a good 30 minutes . They look very ungainly when engaging like this and the noise they generated when thrashing each other with their hard bony horns was really loud. It was like someone beating a drum as they pounded each other in the ribs , legs and hnid quarters.
3M7A6014 by steve dawes, on Flickr

[tesarver]

Re: Giraffes Fighting

Well captured

Tom

[Dawesy]

Re: Giraffes Fighting

Well captured

Tom

Thanks Tom
Steve

[Nathaniel]

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Agree it is a strange pose. I thought Giraffes used their long necks to whack their opponents!

[enneo]

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Good capture.

[Dawesy]

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Agree it is a strange pose. I thought Giraffes used their long necks to whack their opponents!

Thats what they were doing Nat , thrashing each other with their horns

[Dawesy]

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Good capture.

Thanks Derek

[TonyT]

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I never realised they fought each other, good capture.

[Dawesy]

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I never realised they fought each other, good capture.

Thanks Tony , yes the fights can be brutal , they stand side by side and then swing back their necks and hammer their horns into the rival usually in the ribs or hind legs, as I said in original post the thud when they made contact with each other was extremely loud

[Redgrape]

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A good capture of an unusual pose. Its one of those pics when its hard too sort out the two animals.

Sue

[Dawesy]

Re: Giraffes Fighting

A good capture of an unusual pose. Its one of those pics when its hard too sort out the two animals.

Sue

Thanks Sue , you ate right they got into a right old tangle

[AndyL]

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