MrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to The Far Side@sh.itjust.works · 7 months ago29 April 2024sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1257arrow-down13
arrow-up1254arrow-down1image29 April 2024sh.itjust.worksMrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to The Far Side@sh.itjust.works · 7 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareinfeeeee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·7 months agoFun fact: we don’t know if giraffes can swim. No one ever seen a swimming giraffe. We know horses can, and scientists try to scale that data up for giraffes, because simply dropping a giraffe in a lake would be considered inhumane. Research article: Predicting the buoyancy, equilibrium and potential swimming ability of giraffes by computational analysis
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·7 months agoWhat if we just put one next to a nice looking pool, maybe add some long chairs, some sunshades, and a couple nice floaters. If after adding a floating minibar it still doesn’t go in then we know they don’t swim.
minus-squareArbiterXero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoI would imagine that balance is a huge problem, and I’m guessing they can but they struggle to stay upright? I have no idea.
Fun fact: we don’t know if giraffes can swim. No one ever seen a swimming giraffe.
We know horses can, and scientists try to scale that data up for giraffes, because simply dropping a giraffe in a lake would be considered inhumane. Research article: Predicting the buoyancy, equilibrium and potential swimming ability of giraffes by computational analysis
What if we just put one next to a nice looking pool, maybe add some long chairs, some sunshades, and a couple nice floaters. If after adding a floating minibar it still doesn’t go in then we know they don’t swim.
I would imagine that balance is a huge problem, and I’m guessing they can but they struggle to stay upright?
I have no idea.