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Consider the Giraffe
- neonate 6y agohttps://archive.is/m9zs4 https://archive.is/m9zs4
- jolmg 6y ago> ‘And for this reason,’ Dio wrote, ‘it bears the joint name of both animals.’ Camelopardalis: camelopard. Related: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/547410/why-giraffe-as-a-name-for-the-animal https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/547410/why-giraf...
- boogies 6y ago> In Atlanta, Georgia it is illegal to tie your giraffe to a streetlamp. It is not illegal, though, to import a cushion made from a freshly shot giraffe’s head with the eyelashes still attached. https://nitter.net/crimeaday https://nitter.net/crimeaday material right there.
- dmlorenzetti 6y agoFor professional reasons, I have long been fond of the following fact about giraffes. Their heads are so high that their hearts have to produce higher blood pressures than any other animal [0]. When they lower their head, a set of valves in the neck restrict the blood flow [1], to prevent the high pressure from damaging its brain. [0] http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8368000/8368915.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8368000/836... [1] https://www.novartis.com/stories/from-our-labs/giraffes-have-high-blood-pressure-why-dont-they-drop-dead https://www.novartis.com/stories/from-our-labs/giraffes-have...
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- kalyantm 6y agoDid anyone else read the title and instantly think of Gavin Belson from Silicon Valley?
- interestica 6y ago> Indeed, most sex between giraffes is homosexual: in one study, same-sex male mounting counted for 94 per cent of all sexual behaviour observed. Today I learned.