New Light on the Sex Life of Giraffes
Since giraffes have no breeding season, do not come into heat like cats or dogs, emit no mating calls, and display no visual cues of sexual readiness, understanding their sexual behaviour is no simple matter.
Unique Reproductive Behaviour
A recent study in Animals has delivered new insights into the unique sex life of giraffes . Males test females for sexual receptivity through a behaviour known as “flehmen”.
“Given the extreme development of their head and neck, they cannot risk going all the way down to the ground,” said lead author Lynette Hart of UC Davis.
Species Conservation Through Knowledge
“The more the public knows about them, the more interest they will have in protecting them,” added first author Benjamin Hart. More on the topics of wildlife and species conservation.
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: The scientific evidence is presented in the overview Studies on the Effects of Recreational Hunting.
The position of IG Wild beim Wild: IG Wild beim Wild rejects recreational hunting. Our model is the canton of Geneva, which has managed without recreational hunting since 1974: without hunting seasons, without hunting dogs, without driven hunts, without high seats, without the animal cruelty and crime that go hand in hand with hunting season elsewhere. What has worked there for over fifty years disproves every position paper by JagdSchweiz. An association that bases its policy on claims it refutes in its own documents is not a professional organisation, but a factory for misinformation.
