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.
I wanna hurt you, but I can't resist the sinister attraction of your cold and muscular body!
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 40: The Nice One
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
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
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.
tommyrot - Nov 13, 2005 7:08:51 pm PST #3895 of 10006
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
But, really, what do they both want?
Love.
§ ita § - Nov 13, 2005 7:09:58 pm PST #3896 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hyena wants to eat baby giraffe before it stands and Giraffe wants to protect baby.
Giraffe wins.
Love.
Giraffe totally wins. They're both awkward, but hyenas are only loved by their kind and the hardcore.
Kat - Nov 13, 2005 7:11:30 pm PST #3897 of 10006
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Giraffes are loved by many including me and Cass. So they win.
We just watched a giraffe scare off a lion.
Also, if giraffes fall and sit a certain way, they can't get back up and are screwed.
Victor the giraffe... what a sad story.
Gus - Nov 13, 2005 7:12:32 pm PST #3898 of 10006
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Hyenas want meat. Giraffe want leaves.
Poor giraffe, he wanted the wrong thing.
§ ita § - Nov 13, 2005 7:15:01 pm PST #3899 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Giraffe! I don't know if it was named Victor. Or even male.