Random Thought

They say a giraffe has that absurdly long neck so it can reach leaves in the trees, but why couldn’t it just shake the tree? Or wait until fall? There has to be a simpler way to get those leaves than being a ginormous freak.

11 Comments

  1. Animals come up with all sorts of bizarre adaptations. For example, the black-and-white variety of the Obamalope (Communistus Emptysuitius) developed large, jutting ears to determine which way the wind is blowing, increasing its pandering ability.

  2. Similarly, in the rodent kingdom, the species thunderius rodentus thigheneous americanus rex was known to uses it’s blunderous thighs to decapitate and kill its prey. However, the animal was rendered extinct by Communistus Emptysuitius

  3. I think it should have evolved to have a big hacksaw on it’s head like some of those stranger fish and whales. How about a giraffe-narwhal cross? That way it could saw down the tree and eat it. It could also sell the wood to a lumbermill and then hire snipers to take care of poachers on the park lands in Africa.

  4. They still can’t explain how one cell performs in a microscopic way all the life processes that multicellular life performs in a macroscopic way; resperation, digestion, excretion, growth, healing, repair, movement, response and reproduction. No way they can know for sure why a giraffe has a long neck. Though I like 5s’ idea.
    Folklore and fables do as good a job of explaining things like ‘Why the Bear is Stumpy Tailed’ and ‘How Baby Elephant Got His Long Nose’ as evolution does and has the advantage of entertaining children at the same time. The political corruption of science is, you may have guessed, a pet peeve of mine.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.