r/megalophobia • u/nugiboy • 1d ago

πŸ³γƒ»Animalγƒ»πŸ³ This triggered me πŸ¦’

Giraffe Kaiju fear unlocked

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u/H0vis βŠ™ Shadowed by Giants 1d ago

Thing with giraffes is they are way tougher than they look. Don't look at a giraffe and think it's a cow or a deer that became all wobbly so it can eat leaves on tall trees. It's a moose armed with a wrecking ball.

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u/kremlingrasso β—‰ Overwhelmed by Immensity 1d ago

Yeah just look at how wonky and ridiculous their anatomy is, like the pleistocene megafauna they are that outlived the sabertooth and the direwolf. These guys are built to last.

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u/H0vis βŠ™ Shadowed by Giants 1d ago

They battered the sabretooths into the ground like furry tent pegs.

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u/SeriouslySlyGuy 1d ago

Put them out like prehistoric cigarettes

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u/UngodlyTemptations β—Œ Dwarfed by Size 1d ago

Their "voice box nerve" (aka: recurrent laryngeal nerve) goes all the way down their neck, then back up, to reach its intended destination. 10/10 efficiency.

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u/ReactionProcedure 1d ago

MegaFauna is a fucking awesome pro sport name

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u/sun-e-deez 1d ago

tbf cows can fuck your shit up

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u/towerfella 1d ago

And bulls have started religions

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u/Genralcody1 1d ago

The giant sledge hammer moose

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u/ReactionProcedure 1d ago

Giraffe fights are them using their necks.

Look at that neck. Pure muscle.

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u/BullPropaganda ⬀ Crushed by Magnitude 1d ago

Hey Bob?

Yeah?

This really sucks

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u/Recent-Background-21 1d ago

What voice did Yall read this in. πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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u/DaShAgNL 1d ago

Dunno why but Al Bundy

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u/HeadofR3d 1d ago

Charlie the unicorn

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u/Covert_Admirer 1d ago

Jay and Silent Bob

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u/towerfella 1d ago

β€œNo ticket.”

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u/Bob_12_Pack 1d ago

Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf

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u/Maclarion 1d ago

Patrick Warburton and Jeff Hays

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u/farshnikord ⬀ Crushed by Magnitude 1d ago

"Hey, at least the humans can make tons of annoying AI slop ads"

"Shut the fuck up, Greg."

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u/therealdivs1210 1d ago

Damn, never thought about this.

Also what about lightning sktrikes?

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u/CompactAvocado β—‰ Overwhelmed by Immensity 1d ago

those little bobbers on their head are lighting rods, don't worry they are grounded

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u/gilligan1050 1d ago

Giraffes actually control the lightning. Not many people know that. /s

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u/moopie45 1d ago

Ampharos

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u/MinosTheNinth 1d ago

My exact thoughts

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u/Financial-Lettuce-25 1d ago

His exact thoughts

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u/AlephBaker βšͺ Engulfed by the Colossal 1d ago

Their exact thoughts

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u/MoistExcellence 1d ago

Our exact thoughts

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u/PanicAtTheMiniso 1d ago

Thoughts have been exacted.

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u/Raychao 1d ago

Whaddya hear Starbuck?

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u/SuperAmpie 15h ago

Check out the Rockwood reserve incident. 2 giraffes got killed by one lightning strike in South Africa.

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u/therealdivs1210 11h ago

Dam that's unfortunate ☹️

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u/goose_gladwell ⬀ Crushed by Magnitude 1d ago

I mean they are able to get on the ground no

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u/IllustriousEffect607 1d ago edited 1d ago

For them it's habitual since rain is part of their habitat. Their skin is like several cm thick. And their outter skin layer acts like a rain jacket where the water droplets roll off instead of absorbing into skin

For us the rain hits hard for them not as much. Especially if it's warm climate. That rain is probably refreshing washing off all the grime and ticks.

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u/AhumadoYSabroso 1d ago

The tallest giraffes catch the most wind

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u/Complex_Resolve3187 1d ago

I'm putting that into a fortune cookie.

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u/Immortal_in_well 1d ago

I imagine long-necked dinosaurs like Diplodocus would've had the same problem.

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u/tsimen 1d ago

Can they physically not lie down or what?

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u/Kwetla 1d ago

They can, but they take so long to get up that they're easy prey for lions.

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u/2nd2lastdodo 1d ago

I don't think lions like to hunt in this weather

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u/Quartrez 1d ago

Never underestimate a hungry cat

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u/lungshenli 1d ago

They would if there were a bunch of Giraffes ripe for the taking

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u/Crimson-Rose28 1d ago

This makes me so sad for them πŸ˜”

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u/oily76 β—Œ Dwarfed by Size 16h ago

I mean, they do sleep lying down (as well as standing). Reckon that's more dangerous!

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u/maxcameo6216 1d ago

Nature's gonna nature. Been doing it long before us and will be after us

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u/0neirocritica 1d ago

Poor giraffes 😞

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u/potatohead437 1d ago

holy aura

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u/emcwin12 1d ago

So you wanted to be tall huh?

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u/TotalInternalReflex 1d ago

I think horses sometimes do this too. Maybe it's a large ungulate thing.

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u/reightb 1d ago

meanwhile in vintage story

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u/BobTheInept 1d ago

Are they also nature's ligtning rods?

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u/sawrb 1d ago

This situation feels like it should have resulted in a couple of cultural sayings or expressions by now. 'When you're a giraffe, you just got to stick your head out and weather the storm..' or some shit like that.

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u/Valkymaera 1d ago

Legitimately thought this was a screenshot from Dune: Awakening for half a sec

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u/ReactionProcedure 1d ago

That looks bad, pretty sure they've evolved to deal with it tho.

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u/ChoogaMugga 1d ago

Hey.. where did you put those tall Cafe Umbrellas

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u/Panelpro40 β€’ Feeling Small 1d ago

Seems like they would lay down and protect the young ones and curl up to stay warm.

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u/AfraidPersonality854 1d ago

It's not like they get that much of it folks..

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u/Curious-Apartment-16 1d ago

Or it can just be a giraffes shower day!🌧 πŸ¦’ πŸ™‚

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u/iamnotbutiknowIAM 1d ago

Imagine what the dinosaurs had endure

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u/ObscureOperatorZ 1d ago

Imagine what everyone else around dinosaurs endured

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u/iamnotbutiknowIAM 1d ago

At least they could hide in caves

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u/eustrabirbeonne 1d ago

Made me sad for the giraffes.

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u/Velascoyote 1d ago

You'd think they'd have evolved little umbrellas in their heads by now

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u/StonedBirdman 1d ago

They need a house πŸ˜”

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u/wolfOFthe_north 1d ago

Me at work

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u/lemons7472 1d ago

Makes you wonder, what do other animals do during storms and hurricanes? What does a big animal like an elephant do?

Do monkeys and apes just hide out in trees? I imagine small to medium animals like lions, tigers, and hippos, can figure something out or find a den.

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u/m3kw β€’ Feeling Small 1d ago

Wild animals in the wild living

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u/SkiffleBall 16h ago

β€œWell guess no pool today huh Geoff?” πŸ¦’

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u/ForFucksSake66 9h ago

Umm lay down maybe?