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I never realized a giraffe would chase you down! (Original Post)
tblue37
Jul 2021
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Grokenstein
(5,727 posts)1. Careful there.
I reposted this meme once (maybe here, maybe somewhere else) and got accused of every "ism" imaginable by the SATP (Self-Appointed Thought Police).
luckone
(21,646 posts)6. That is the animal I was most scared of there you'd think lions or even cobras but for me when
hippos come out of the water at evening
May the SATP here and everywhere make what they want of my anti hippo stance 😁
sinkingfeeling
(51,469 posts)7. Hippos kill more people in Africa than lions. All of these
wild animals can outrun and kill.
Maraya1969
(22,491 posts)2. That looks like so much fun!
Ferrets are Cool
(21,109 posts)3. Remember the movie Silent Running?
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)4. I used to watch a live cam in Africa.
Petes Pond. The camera was trained on the pond, but there were giraffes fighting in the background a lot. Funny to watch them drink, too. Long way to get that face to the water.
wnylib
(21,562 posts)8. Imagine how fast they could run
if they could switch leg and neck lengths.
I sometimes wonder how our early human ancestors survived all the African predators enough to continue evolving. Or, for that matter, how people living in small villages today avoid predator attacks.
MiniMe
(21,718 posts)5. I thought maybe he was trying to sell you a car warranty