Fighting. The males use their long necks to swing as hard as they can and strike the other male in the neck with the horns. It is usually done in competition for mating with the females.
Some believe the horns are cooling towers and release heat, and others think that it's just a way to protect their heads.
Well, actually, giraffes are the only animal born with horns. Unbelievable, isn't it?
Giraffe
Giraffe
The giraffe is a long necked animal. It is found in Africa.
What is the name of the habitat of a giraffe
Ossicones.
giraffes do not have horns
those are the giraffe horns
The giraffe
Well, actually, giraffes are the only animal born with horns. Unbelievable, isn't it?
The Giraffe Seahorse is called that because of their unique look to the coronet (which in my guess is a piece of bone or of their bony armour that is on the top of there head or above the eye) which resembles a giraffe's horns.
yes the neck,tongue,eyes,and horns
The giraffe has a golden appearance but what most people do not know is that they mostly consist of feathers. On there skull, they have the worlds biggest horns and it gouges its prey with them.
They're not horns. They're not antlers. The "bony things" on a giraffe's head are called "ossicones." They are growths formed from soft cartilage that has super hardened (ossified). They remain covered with skin and hair/fur, unlike the horns of deer and antelopes. Giraffes have 2 ossicones on top of their heads; those of the female are smaller than those of the male. It is with these "horns" that the giraffe can be sexed: Females have a tuft of fur atop of the horn, whereas the males horns are bald. Some males develop calcium deposits on top of their heads, creating an illusion of three or more horns. However, these are not true horns and giraffes always have 2 ossicones.
The characteristics of a giraffe include a long neck, brown spots throughout its body and a pairs of knobby horns on top of its head.
a tauntuan is a creacher that looks like a giraffe but live in the artic and has horns
They're not horns. They're not antlers. The "bony things" on a giraffe's head are called "ossicones." They are growths formed from soft cartilage that has super hardened (ossified). They remain covered with skin and hair/fur, unlike the horns of deer and antelopes. Giraffes have 2 ossicones on top of their heads; those of the female are smaller than those of the male. It is with these "horns" that the giraffe can be sexed: Females have a tuft of fur atop of the horn, whereas the males horns are bald. Some males develop calcium deposits on top of their heads, creating an illusion of three or more horns. However, these are not true horns and giraffes always have 2 ossicones.