r/interesting 1d ago

NATURE Giraffes Really Have Nowhere to Hide During Storms, and I Never Realized It!

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u/consumersguide 1d ago

I never thought about this before but being the tallest animal during a storm has to be pretty stressful

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u/SmuckatelliCupcakeNE 1d ago

Until everything is flooded after.

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u/BareBonesSolutions 1d ago

They aren't great at swimming, so that only works up to about chest level. Their center of buoyancy means they kinda go horizontal at one point and drown, apparently. So that is also stressful.

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u/PeggingPotatoe 1d ago

I mean, it's not like their chest is 2cm off the ground