Richard Du Toit / Northern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) calves, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Northern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) with Red-billed Oxpeckers (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) feeding on parasites in symbiotic relationship, Mkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Northern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) mother and calf, Itala Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Sebastian Kennerknecht / South African Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) juvenile at sunset, Greater Makalali Private Game Reserve, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Northern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) mother and calf, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) and Hartmann's Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae) group in dry season, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Anup Shah / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi) males necking, Masai Mara, Kenya, Sequence 3 of 3

Richard Du Toit / Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) landing on South African Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa), KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / South African Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) pair courting, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Sean Crane / Reticulated Giraffe (Giraffa reticulata) mother and calf, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya

ZSSD / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi) calf

Winfried Wisniewski / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi) males fighting, Masai Mara, Kenya

ZSSD / Rothschild Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi), native to Africa

ZSSD / Rothschild Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi) calf, native to Africa

ZSSD / Rothschild Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi) mother and calf nuzzling, native to Africa

Tui De Roy / Reticulated Giraffe (Giraffa reticulata) mother and calves, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya

ZSSD / Rothschild Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi) nuzzling calf, native to Africa

Vincent Grafhorst / Southern Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa) silhouetted against the setting sun, Lethiau Valley, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana

Richard Du Toit / Southern Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa) four running across wetland, Okavango Delta, Botswana

ZSSD / Rothschild Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi) mother kissing calf, native to Africa

ZSSD / Rothschild Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi) mother nuzzling calf, native to Africa

Suzi Eszterhas / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi) mother and newborn calf, Tanzania

Richard Du Toit / South African Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) mother and young, Londolozi, Sabi-Sand Game Reserve, South Africa

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi) mother nursing newborn, Masai Mara, Kenya

Pete Oxford / Giraffe Weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) only the males have this extraordinary neck like a mechanical digger, females are more modestly proportioned, Analamazoatra Special Reserve or Perinet, Madagasc...

Tim Fitzharris / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi) portrait, Kenya

ZSSD / Reticulated Giraffe (Giraffa reticulata) portrait, native to Africa

Richard Du Toit / Southern Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa) and Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) at water hole, Khwai River, Botswana

Richard Du Toit / South African Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) mother grooming her calf, Phinda Game Reserve, South Africa

Mitsuaki Iwago / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi) herd crossing grasslands, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Mitsuaki Iwago / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi) trio crossing grasslands, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Mitsuaki Iwago / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi) feeding on Whistling Thorn (Acacia drepanolobium) acacia tree, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) and Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) at waterhole, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Mitsuaki Iwago / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi) mothers and young running, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Shin Yoshino / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi) stretching neck to graze on upper leaves on tree, Botswana

Thomas Mangelsen / Giraffe (Giraffa sp) close up of head, Africa

Tim Fitzharris / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi) mother and young, Kenya

Mitsuaki Iwago / Giraffe (Giraffa sp) female walking with two young calves, Kenya

Jim Brandenburg / Giraffe (Giraffa sp) trio silhouetted at sunset, native to Africa

ZSSD / Rothschild Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi) portrait, native to Africa south of the Sahara

Juergen & Christine Sohns / South African Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa), Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Chris Mattison / Giraffe-necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) egg case wrapped in the leaves of its food plant (Dichaetanthera sp). Ranomafana,National Park, Madagascar.

Martin van Lokven / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi) trio, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

Richard Du Toit / Northern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) with Red-billed Oxpeckers (Buphagus erythrorhynchus), Itala Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Northern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) with Red-billed Oxpeckers (Buphagus erythrorhynchus), Itala Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Northern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) with Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus), Itala Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Northern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) with Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus), Itala Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Northern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) males necking, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Northern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) pair, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Northern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) calf, Itala Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / South African Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) yawning, Itala Game Reserve, South Africa

Sebastian Kennerknecht / South African Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) calf, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Sebastian Kennerknecht / South African Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) male browsing on Acacia (Acacia sp) tree at sunset, Greater Makalali Private Game Reserve, South Africa

Sebastian Kennerknecht / South African Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) male at reserve fence, Greater Makalali Private Game Reserve, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Northern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) sub-adult, Itala Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Graeme Guy/ BIA / Reticulated Giraffe (Giraffa reticulata) sub-adult males fighting, Samburu-Isiolo Game Reserve, Kenya

Graeme Guy/ BIA / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi) group, Masai Mara, Kenya

Suzi Eszterhas / South African Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) browsing, Sabi-sands Game Reserve, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) on South African Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa), Kruger National Park, South Africa

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) group and Zebras (Equus quagga) at waterhole in dry season, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) group, Common Elands (Tragelaphus oryx), Zebras (Equus quagga), and Hartmann's Mountain Zebras (Equus zebra hartmannae) at waterhole in dry season, Etosha...

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) watching Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis) at waterhole in dry season, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) males of different ages at waterhole in dry season, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) group and Zebras (Equus quagga) at waterhole in dry season, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) males facing off, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) group with Greater Kudus (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) at waterhole in dry season, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) trio, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) and drinking Oryx (Oryx gazella) trio at waterhole in dry season, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) female looking at Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) at waterhole in dry season, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) sub-adult in waterhole with Angolan Giraffes (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) in background, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) sub-adult males play-fighting, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) sub-adult males play-fighting, Etosha National Park, Namibia. Sequence 3 of 3

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) sub-adult males play-fighting, Etosha National Park, Namibia. Sequence 2 of 3

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) sub-adult males play-fighting, Etosha National Park, Namibia. Sequence 1 of 3

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) calf playing with father, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) male smelling female to see if she is in estrus in salt pan, Etosha Pan, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) in salt pan, Etosha Pan, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) in salt pan, Etosha Pan, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) pair in salt pan, Etosha Pan, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) male and female, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) males, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) group drinking at waterhole in dry season, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) male drinking at waterhole in dry season, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) and Zebras (Equus quagga) at waterhole in dry season, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) and Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) males at waterhole in dry season, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) male, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) male, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) male walking in the savannah at sunset in dry season, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) reflections and Impala (Aepyceros melampus) male at waterhole in dry season, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) herd at waterhole in dry season, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) female and Impala (Aepyceros melampus) females drinking at waterhole in dry season, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) mother and calf, with male flehming to see if female is in estrus, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) group, Impalas (Aepyceros melampus), Zebras (Equus quagga), Greater Kudus (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) running from waterhole in dry season, Etosha National...

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) calves playing, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) calf playing, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) mother and calf running, Etosha National Park, Namibia