The depressing ways giraffes die
Posted by staff / November 4, 2015
Well, if you were perusing the Internet for a pick-me-up, this isn’t it.
Scientific American decided to dig into the archives to discover stories about giraffes that will have you thanking the Supreme Being or biological accident that made you a lowly human.
Herbivores sometimes die after getting their necks caught in branches. This is a hazard for antlered deer but there are also cases where unantlered deer, horses and other animals have died this way too. And it’s happened, at least once, to a giraffe. In this case, the unfortunate animal slipped while feeding and got its neck caught in a forked branch. Its carcass then remained there, suspended, until people pulled it down.
Well, there’s a picture to haunt your dreams tonight.
Full story at Scientific American via Gizmodo.
Graphics credit: Canva
Actually, that sounds less depressing than being torn apart by a lion.