have stunning proof that life sometimes imitates Far Side cartoons , this short piece on strange Giraffa camelopardalis deathstakes us through all the ways a creature with a long neck opening and no hands can cash in one’s chips , and there are some doozies .
This one come to us by fashion of Alexis Madrigal ’s newssheet , Real Future . The post , courtesy of Tetrapod Zoology over at Scientific American , includes an image of a giraffe that snuff it after deposit its head in a tree diagram . On the one deal , this is very sad ; on the other , it ’s kind of gruesomely funny , in a grim funniness kind of way .
Giraffes can be killed by small airplane , should they happen to scud onto the rail during takeoff or landing . now and then one will drown while crossing a river . And naturally , an creature that ’s very marvelous and has a long neck is at endangerment for lightning strikes . The postal service describes several ways this can occur , finish up up with one last dismay - yet - kinda - funny case : “ Betsy the Giraffa camelopardalis was killed by lightning at Walt Disney World in Florida in 2003 ( in front of lots of witness ) . ”
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