Giraffes are 30 times more likely to get hit by lightning than people
Giraffes are 30 times more likely to get hit by lightning than people
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.
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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?
It's the old !lemmaroo@lemmy.world at this point.
You can edit your giraffaroo to point to this link: https://feddit.org/comment/1716202
But that's the thing, you're NOT out there with your catapult, so the statistics still hold true. Assuming you were given the catapult and I was given a giant tesla coil, I believe I would still be able to zap 30x more giraffes than you could hit with your pathetic catapult.
Isn't it because it's illegal for us to hit them?
why you little
This is mostly caused by Africans wiring up giraffes for use as aerials to pull in distant TV stations.
Insane to think there's only 140k of them. Seems super low for some reason.
Does it make a difference if I stand in front of the giraffe with a blue card while there's a zebra climbing onto the giraffes head?
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.
If you didn't wire your giraffes like this I don't know how you made it past apprenticeship and into the union. Imagine.
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.
Have we tried running copper strips down the side of their necks?
Is it because of the spots?
It's their feet. They have four, so have twice as many as humans. But lightning works exponentially.
what kind of lightning works exponentially?
What about toads?
Yes, toads will hit giraffes more than humans. They get mesmerised and hypnotised by the long necks, they can't help themselves but to attack.
OK now give us tall people's probability as well. I am curious
This is why we find lots of well preserved dynosours.