Consider the Giraffe

> ‘And for this reason,’ Dio wrote, ‘it bears the joint name of both animals.’ Camelopardalis: camelopard.

Related: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/547410/why-giraf...

For professional reasons, I have long been fond of the following fact about giraffes. Their heads are so high that their hearts have to produce higher blood pressures than any other animal [0]. When they lower their head, a set of valves in the neck restrict the blood flow [1], to prevent the high pressure from damaging its brain.

[0] http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8368000/836...

[1] https://www.novartis.com/stories/from-our-labs/giraffes-have...

> In Atlanta, Georgia it is illegal to tie your giraffe to a streetlamp. It is not illegal, though, to import a cushion made from a freshly shot giraffe’s head with the eyelashes still attached.

https://nitter.net/crimeaday material right there.

Did anyone else read the title and instantly think of Gavin Belson from Silicon Valley?

> Indeed, most sex between giraffes is homosexual: in one study, same-sex male mounting counted for 94 per cent of all sexual behaviour observed.

Today I learned.