![]() ![]() The courting rituals of giraffes involve the chin resting of the male on the back of the female. They show their availability with physical contacts between their front legs and the female’s hind legs. The males emit a strong body odor and smell the urine of the females to know their reproductive status. There is no particular period for the breeding it can occur in any month of the year. Reproduction might be the key to the unique appearance and the long neck of giraffes because, through “necking” or battles made with their necks, they determine the strongest male, and the right to mate with a female, which is the most successful bull reproducing. To find which of them are willing to mate, the males smell their urine. ![]() Females are ready to mate when they are about four years of age. ![]() However, having access to an available female usually requires a neck to neck fight with other bulls to earn the right to mate so not many can breed at such early age. Males are ready to mate when they are about seven years of age. Giraffes are mammals which go through a reproduction process similar to other animals of the same class but with some characteristics particular to the species. ![]()
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