This impressive photo shows a curious behavior sometimes seen in wild giraffes called osteophagia. It literally means “bone eating.” Giraffes don’t consume the entire bone. Instead they just gnaw on ...

Giraffes are among the world's most recognizable animals. With their elongated necks and long legs, their gracious movements ...

When palaeontologist and zoologist Nikolaos Kargopoulos embarked on a research project two years ago to analyse the skull morphology of giraffes, he believed that “a giraffe was just a giraffe”.

From time to time, wild giraffes have been known to nom on the bones of other animals. The behavior is called osteophagia, and it’s… well… actually kind of ...