There are only five well-documented fatal lightning strikes on giraffes between 1996 and 2010. But due to the population of the species being just 140,000 during this time, it makes for about 0.003 lightning deaths per thousand giraffes each year. This is 30 times the equivalent fatality rate for humans.
Pic by Luca Galuzzi
Insane to think there’s only 140k of them. Seems super low for some reason.
This is mostly caused by Africans wiring up giraffes for use as aerials to pull in distant TV stations.
Isn’t it because it’s illegal for us to hit them?
why you little
I highly doubt that…you give me like, I dunno, let’s say 5 people, and a catapult, and I bet you I can hit a giraffe before it gets struck by lightning.
Even more confident if you give me a people-sized potato cannon.
Ah, the new Lemmy giraffaroo?
Hold my can of beans!
can we catapult people in order of their current wealth hoarding?
Only into an active volcano
Fun nature fact: Their horns act like lighting rods to provide a safe path to ground so as to keep the electricity away from their internal wiring and plumbing.
Please let this be true.
Who’s out here punching giraffes?
RFJ JR
Kyle.
Also, according to many big game hunters, they are the tastiest animal. Apparently giraffe meat has a delightful sweetness to it.
Sadly, giraffe ranching hasn’t caught on. But maybe once lab grown meat is widely available someone will finally bring it to the masses.
What an evil and selfish thing to say.
Is it because of the spots?
It’s their feet. They have four, so have twice as many as humans. But lightning works exponentially.
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