A giraffe vs. A hyena? Hyena all the way. Giraffes can't fight for shit.
She's not just a blob of energy, she's also a 14-year-old hormone bomb.
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Jesse - Nov 13, 2005 7:03:03 pm PST #3885 of 10006
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Nov 13, 2005 7:03:09 pm PST #3886 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Motivation is key, man. I can't handicap the fight without knowing the prize.
Someone today asked me if I could fight one of the instructors off me. I had to split it down -- if he wanted to pin me down and kick my ass, he'd win. But if he wanted to pin me down and rape me while I was conscious, I think he'd fail. Motivation.
Kat - Nov 13, 2005 7:03:32 pm PST #3887 of 10006
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Except, apparently they do use their neck and head like a club and can club predators. And when they kick they can kill hyenas.
Daisy Jane - Nov 13, 2005 7:03:42 pm PST #3888 of 10006
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
But I know who wins in a monkey jackal smackdown!
Cass - Nov 13, 2005 7:04:13 pm PST #3889 of 10006
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Heard beasts are huge and have strong legs ending in hooves, Ima go giraffe. But they won't fight because they are pretty and I like them so they must be gentle creatures.
Or, really, big hooves with big muscles controlling them, so giraffe.
Now I need to go Google if giraffe feet are called hooves or something else.
Kat - Nov 13, 2005 7:04:49 pm PST #3890 of 10006
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
The woman at the wild animal park when we did the overnight taught us the funniest prey/predator rhyme.
Eyes on side: likes to hide.
Eyes on front: likes to hunt.
Kat - Nov 13, 2005 7:05:58 pm PST #3891 of 10006
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Cass, I think hooves. Giraffe mom's will fight to protect their babies, even newly newly newly born.
They also communicate via infrasonic noises. They aren't actually mute.
Kat - Nov 13, 2005 7:06:58 pm PST #3892 of 10006
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Also, Place in Africa called Giraffe Manor . I think you all should take up a paypal collection so Lori and I can go.
§ ita § - Nov 13, 2005 7:07:40 pm PST #3893 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Eyes on side: likes to hide.
Eyes on front: likes to hunt.
And there I was, bothering to distinguish between range of vision and stereo vision.
Problem with a hyena/giraffe fight is ... what can the hyena get to? How easy is it to hamstring a giraffe? Can a hyena jump high enough to get anything vital without bringing the giraffe down to himself?
But, really, what do they both want?
Kat - Nov 13, 2005 7:08:32 pm PST #3894 of 10006
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Hyena wants to eat baby giraffe before it stands and Giraffe wants to protect baby.