Giraffes have two short horns, which lie down flat at birth. Males (bulls) grow extra bony lumps on their large heads which they use to fight other bulls. They swing their necks to hit each other. This is called 'necking'.
Australian Marine Mammals Research Centre
At AMMRC we aim to promote the conservation of marine mammals and their environment by:
- increasing biological knowledge,
- monitoring selected marine mammal populations, and
- increasing public awareness by positive, conservation-based education programmes.
AMMRC was established in 1996 as a co-operative centre of the University of Sydney and the Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales.
Our group of researchers, behavioural ecologists and veterinarians, have experience working with:
- Seals of the Antarctic pack ice,
- Seal and cetacean populations in Australian waters, and
- Comparing southern and northern hemisphere endangered populations of cetaceans.
