Here are some pictures of a giraffe swimming in a pool

Ah, the infinite surreal comedic potential of a giraffe in a swimming pool

There she was. Long legs, long neck and all she wanted to do was swim. (imgur.com) (via Super Punch)

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Ah, reminds me of this Robot Chicken episode…

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I’m going to guess, since they don’t make swim diapers in Giraffe sizes, that that pool is going to need a couple of rounds of shock treatment.
Finnagain

That’s not swimming. That would be ‘wading’.
malindrome

NSFW! The headline didn’t mention the giraffe would be topless.
- Shibi_SF
  
  Just topless? It looks like she’s skinny dipping!
jwkrk

Ya call this a “deep end”?
Gutierrez

There is a giraffe in the swimming pool. Your argument is invalid.
- Finnagain
  
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Very nice. That pic made my day. You go Giraffe.
bloopeeriod

Am I the only one who is concerned for that poor things legs once it decides that all it wants to do is exit some backyard pool? I mean they shoot horses don’t they?
Greg Morrow

As Darren Naish notes, the ability of giraffes to swim, wade, ford rivers, etc., has been debated, studied, and modeled.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=will-it-float
smut clyde

Now I have a sad that Darren’s original giraffe-swimming post scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2010/06/giraffe_flotation_dynamics.php was lost when Tetrapod Zoology shifted to SciAm — and it had previously blocked access from the Wayback Machine, so lost posts are lost.

Testing the flotation dynamics and swimming abilities of giraffes by way of computational analysis : Tetrapod Zoology
gauch0

Where can I go to swim with the giraffes?
IronEdithKidd

I would like video of this, please.
McHoffa

Giraffes swimming everywhere

http://giraffesplash.com/
Kerouac

The danger to the giraffe is minimal… assuming of course, he waited 20 minutes after eating.