Elephant family moving through the desert

On our journey back we came across Arnold, the other dominant male bull, taking in the cool of a shaded tree. Further along we saw at distance two adolescent male giraffes fighting. It looked like they were more practice fighting. Known as ‘necking’, giraffes batter each other with their heads by swinging the necks around. They use their necks as it’s the most powerful and manoeuvrable weapon they have. As with just about every species on the planet, the males do this during mating season to establish dominance. Even if these two were only practice fighting, it was still amazing to see!