Rare Footage Of "Scavenging" Giraffe Herd Feeding On A Buffalo Skeleton!

Are giraffe scavengers? Watching this makes it look like they are! In reality though this is an ordinary case of osteophagy (Bone eating) which is a common occurunce with many herbivores. The bones are chewed as a way of supplementing the diet with calcium, phosphorus and magnesium which are lacking in their normal leaf based fare.
Filmed at Idube Game Reserve in the Sabi Sand Wildtuin, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa (http://www.idube.com/static)
Filmed in 4K UHD resolution using the Sony AX100 video camera
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