Researchers in China analysed fossils and found that giraffes' long necks may have developed to fight mating rivals. It is originally believed it evolved for the animal to reach high foliage.
Giraffes may have evolved long necks to headbutt mating rivals, researchers in China have suggested.
However, a Chinese research team said the necks grew so they could compete for mates, rather than for food.
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