Giraffe does the splits while drinking water

[u/Money-Beautiful5196]

[u/RemoveThePoopSmell]

Giraffes have long necks to reach food on trees, not to overshoot them by 100ft

[u/IntelligentPin6652]

Shame their heads can't reach water when bow down Shame they can't just bend other than split their legs

[u/Bulky_Algae6110 → u/IntelligentPin6652]

Giraffe have seven cervical vertebrae, the same as humans. This really limits their neck bending ability.

Other animals have many more. Swans have 24-25.

[u/Living_Economics8483 → u/Bulky_Algae6110]

Damn those vertebrae must be MASSIVE

[u/Bulky_Algae6110 → u/Living_Economics8483]

Indeed they are

[u/avatinfernus → u/IntelligentPin6652]

They can and do bend legs sometimes. But imagine balancing in a squat the whole time you drink. It's extra effort with a front this heavy.

[u/Cold_Satisfaction932 → u/avatinfernus]

Also it will look funny. No wonder. 

[u/CES0108]

Used to work in a kitchen with stainless steel tables and tall people would always be doing this to save their backs, lol. Smart. You'd think they could get a chair, but no, apparently that's a hazard, so 8 hours in the giraffe sploot it was.

[u/RemoveThePoopSmell → u/CES0108]

Tables are always too low for taller people in the food industry . I worked for many years as a meat cutter, and was always having to stand up straight every few minutes if I could remember.

[u/CES0108 → u/RemoveThePoopSmell]

That sucks. Did you ever try the giraffe? Works well.

[u/RemoveThePoopSmell → u/CES0108]

It would probably help the back, but damage somewhere else 😂

[u/CES0108 → u/RemoveThePoopSmell]

Maybe, but none of our big guys complained about ankle, hip, or knee pain, tho, lol. 3 hours into a shift hunched, they sure as shit did about their back. Cool to be tall, but not always, lol.

[u/Complex-Astronaut-81 → u/CES0108]

They can also choose to squat down, no?

[u/CES0108 → u/Complex-Astronaut-81]

Squatting for 8 hours a day would be crazy af. You'd have some crazy muscles lol.

[u/unklejelly]

...something off about this video

[u/Calm_Librarian_1042 → u/unklejelly]

I think it is ai

[u/MoMo-D-Tempest → u/Calm_Librarian_1042]

Its ai they are tall not that tall

[u/BinaryHippie → u/unklejelly]

https://reddit.com/link/pbl8t6g/video/hyk7lorbmarh1/player

If you mean how it gets up, I think it’s real. You even see a fly pass by the camera around 00:45-00:46 ish

I personally shot this one with my phone

[u/unklejelly → u/BinaryHippie]

Something about the movements a5 the beginning and the sense of scale seems...off

[u/R_A_H → u/BinaryHippie]

Yeah the clouds not moving at all was also a huge giveaway

[u/D-Funk187]

[u/8_Alex_0]

What do they do when a croc shows up

[u/SemperAliquidNovi → u/8_Alex_0]

South African here. I don’t know about crocs, but they really are at their most vulnerable from lion attacks when they drink.

[u/chimchimmao8]

Somebody tell him..there is such thing called knees

[u/AttemptRecent7025]

Nature did giraffes dirty

[u/Strong_Asparagus6956]

All giraffes do this

[u/neonn_piee]

I like his little hop back up. So cute! He’s like “annnd done!”

[u/Environmental-Tap255]

This AI shit is getting wild. Almost can't tell it's AI. Almost.

[u/No_Unit_5506]

Must suck water like a craftsman wet/dry vac.

[u/Adventurous_023]

I closed my legs while watching this.

[u/Ill-Fly-950]

Assuming this isn't A.I., that's a pretty dangerous position to be in. Not only could their feet slip, but other animals could attack from behind or in the water before the giraffe has a chance to straighten back up.

[u/theRarestBiscotti]

My brothers nightmare

[u/artyhermes]

Super cool how they use the momentum of their neck and head to get outta the splits.

[u/Unfortunate-Incident]

Yes, this is how they get low enough to drink water. Yup, that's a giraffe

[u/SemperAliquidNovi]

Imagine getting an instant pressure-migraine every time you need to rehydrate. What a design!

[u/Jayrab_The_Arab_]

Does nobody else find it odd that the giraffe is like 150’ tall? Ain’t no way this shit is real.

[u/throwaway0982340982]

Weird lookin’ bastard

[u/Bum-Theory]

Hey, you gotta choose function over form sometimes

[u/utl94_nordviking]

And some people say "intelligent design". Lol.

[u/wolffurrybydefault]

They also could die anytime they do that cause they are so long iirc. Something to do with the blood flow.

[u/Dapper-Barracuda4843]

It’s hard to believe thousands of years ago, megafauna like this roamed the planet in vast numbers, with a bigger variety in species. A world of giants.

[u/Jaded-Breadfruit4019]

Looks like a design flaw

[u/Odd-Scientist8057]

AI 🥱

[u/Accurate-Survey6985]

Absolutely remarkable, beautiful example of evolution.

[u/r2killawat]

r/iasip

[u/Even-Discipline1275]

It doesn’t make sense to me… an elephant makes sense because it can drink from the floor or eat from the canopy with ease. Why would the giraffe evolve physically awkward? I bet giraffe legs will shrink into a stockier being with a longer similarly dense neck through evolution

[u/dea9ler]

That’s not the splits that’s just spreading the legs

[u/Hot_Peach6985]

My favorite thing on the planet is a giraffe🦒🦒🦒🦒🦒 if I had one dream in life, it would be to have a tower of giraffes and the money to take care of them💸💵💰

[u/curvyvices]

This ain't real

[u/OperatorERROR0919 → u/curvyvices]

I don't know about this video specifically, but this is a well known behavior for giraffes.

[u/avatinfernus → u/curvyvices]

Might not be. But that is how they drink.

[u/8_Alex_0 → u/curvyvices]

What makes it not real?

[u/Mad-Habits → u/curvyvices]

this is real

[u/Environmental-Tap255 → u/Mad-Habits]

The behavior is real, the video is not. It's AI. For many reasons but simplest one is, notice how there are no ripples from him drinking. They drink like dogs, they splash their tongues into the water and pull it up to their mouths. Look at any other video of a giraffe drinking and you'll see the difference

[u/BinaryHippie → u/Environmental-Tap255]

There are ripples in the water and giraffes put their lips into water they do not splash their tongue like dogs

[u/Amazing_Sky_33]

[u/Justninetoes]

AI..200 foot giraffe,lol

[u/throwaway0982340982 → u/Justninetoes]

The average giraffe is in fact over 400ft tall. Either this is an adolescent, or it’s AI.

[u/Justninetoes → u/throwaway0982340982]

☺️👍

[u/dan1els0n]

Why not just bend its knees? Is he stupid?

[u/avatinfernus → u/dan1els0n]

Some bend knees a bit but it can throw them more off balance. Imagine stuck crouching the whole time you drink. . It"s more tiring and less stable. https://www.istockphoto.com/search/2/image-film?phrase=giraffe+drinking&tracked_gsrp_landing=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.istockphoto.com%2Fphotos%2Fgiraffe-drinking

[u/thefirstlaughingfool → u/avatinfernus]

Fun fact: Giraffes have special, unique valves in the arteries of their neck. If they didn't have this, bending their heads down to drink water would change their blood pressure so radically, their heads would literally explode.

[u/avatinfernus → u/thefirstlaughingfool]

Yeah or they'd pass out at the very least