As you watch the video, you can hear the loud whacks coming from the neck punches ... However, another reason for fighting is actually what researchers call “play fighting” or sparring.

The giraffe's neck appeared bent, with its head resting on a protective covering. The original poster, Nathan Schemansky, said the photos came from his 'buddy' who witnessed the shocking scene ...

Giraffe babies don't have any of these sex ... The long neck likely does play a critical role in male neck-fighting and winning a mate. But our research suggests that male neck-fighting was ...

SAM: Ooh! Those leaves look so yummy! Ooh… I wish I had a longer neck so I could reach them! GRANDDAD: Long, long ago, that's exactly what the giraffe said. SAM: Did they? GRANDDAD: Oh ...

Animation describing the evolution of the giraffe. Sam, a young tortoise, wishes he had a longer neck to reach the nicest leaves. Grandad Charlie tells Sam a story about giraffes. Long ago ...

In a new study, an international research team used genome sequencing for the first time to reveal clues about the genetic changes that led to the evolution of the giraffe’s stature and its ...

“Discokeryx has extreme morphologies of the head and neck adapted for head-butting behavior,” study coauthor and paleontologist Jin Meng tells Reuters. Another explanation that hasn’t gained as much ...

Or perhaps the giraffe’s long neck is simply to give an otherwise ... Kordofan giraffes rub necks—possibly a prelude to fighting or some other form of communication among the mostly silent ...

Sydney V. Smith admits she wants to become a "giraffe woman" just for her 11-inch-long neck. According to the Huffington Post, the 28-year-old woman from Los Angeles has extended her neck with 11 ...

Weston Means, a high jumper at Carroll College, reached new heights at the NAIA indoor track and field championships, earning ...

among many irregular patterns on her neck, chest and elsewhere, both large and small. Her daughter shares that distinction. The reticulated giraffe, one of the four species of the tallest animal ...