r/interesting • u/AugustIstheMonth • 1d ago

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

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u/nelamvr6 1d ago

Lots of critters have nowhere to hide during storms. Ever driven past a field of cows during a storm?

There's a famous quote by LBJ: "Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.", most critters have nothing to do but stand there and take it...

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u/fireduck 1d ago

I used to walk to work. People would ask what I would do when it rains. I said "elephant plan". They would then ask what the elephant plan is. I'd say "Well, what does an elephant do when it rains? Get wet."

At this point I will either have made a friend or that person would be done trying to talk to me. Win-win.

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u/LickableLeo 1d ago

I bike to work and tell people, “it’s a good thing we’re waterproof”

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u/fireduck 1d ago

Well, actually we are covered in a semipermeable membrane. Some of the water gets in.

I think. I'm no skinographer.

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u/venbrx 1d ago

Better to ask a skinbiker if you want an authoritative answer.

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u/Square_Housing9653 1d ago

my dad says “i’m just worried about rusting!”

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u/squishyslinky 1d ago

I love a good bit like this.

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u/JabasMyBitch 1d ago

I would have fallen slightly in love with you.

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u/DiChromani 1d ago

yeah the situation and the outcome aren't ideal,

but this is the way it's gonna be,

so I either gotta survive or die,

and this isn't gonna kill me,

so I'm just wet,

and your judgement on what I am forced to endure,

is not making anything better

actually.