Hout Bay appears around one of the many bends on Chapman’s Peak Drive along the Atlantic Coast of South Africa.
OK, I’ve heard of people necking but watching giraffes necking was a whole new experience. While visiting Augrabies Falls National Park in northwestern South Africa we took a little game drive and were fortunate enough to see giraffes necking.
This activity often involves males establishing dominance by winning a bout of necking. Not usually of high intensity they rub and lean against each other sometimes for more than half an hour. After a duel, it is common for them to caress and court each other leading up to mounting and climax. Sometimes they get violent and injury follows.
This looks more like a dance to me.
Stop to sniff the flowers, always a good idea. May be something good to eat. At least for an elephant. With a nose like this they should get quite a whiff. Elephants have a keen sense of smell, even better than dogs. Of course this one at Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa may have been sniffing for something other than flowers.