Comments on: Here are some pictures of a giraffe swimming in a pool

By: Kerouac

Kerouac — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 04:06:00 +0000

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

By: McHoffa

McHoffa — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:37:00 +0000

Giraffes swimming everywhere

http://giraffesplash.com/

By: IronEdithKidd

IronEdithKidd — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:32:00 +0000

I would like video of this, please.

By: gauch0

gauch0 — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:29:00 +0000

Where can I go to swim with the giraffes?

By: Gutierrez

Gutierrez — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:12:00 +0000

Ah yes, that’s Fairfax Station to Axtley. The next bus should be around in fifteen minutes. Two streets down on your left.

By: smut clyde

smut clyde — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:35:00 +0000

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

By: Greg Morrow

Greg Morrow — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 03:20:00 +0000

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

By: bloopeeriod

bloopeeriod — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:02:00 +0000

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?

By: Finnagain

Finnagain — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:07:00 +0000

My luggage is full of eels.

Bouncy bouncy.

By: MileHighBroheem

MileHighBroheem — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:06:00 +0000

Very nice. That pic made my day. You go Giraffe.

By: Gutierrez

Gutierrez — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 22:30:00 +0000

There is a giraffe in the swimming pool. Your argument is invalid.

By: jwkrk

jwkrk — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:54:00 +0000

Ya call this a “deep end”?

By: Shibi_SF

Shibi_SF — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:50:00 +0000

Just topless? It looks like she’s skinny dipping!

By: malindrome

malindrome — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:45:00 +0000

NSFW! The headline didn’t mention the giraffe would be topless.

By: Finnagain

Finnagain — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:30:00 +0000

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

By: Stefan Jones

Stefan Jones — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:17:00 +0000

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.

By: MikeKStar

MikeKStar — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:53:00 +0000

Ah, reminds me of this Robot Chicken episode…

Stages of Grief – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_Z3lmidmrY