Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Watching Hatari and noticed something interesting, something I hadn't seen in all the years and times I've seen that movie. For all their awkward looks giraffes are the smoothest runners I've ever seen. At full speed the angle from the tail to the top of the head doesn't change more than a degree or two and the head almost never leaves the same plane by more than a couple of inches. The legs are churning away about like I'd expect, but none of that action translates into movement above the belly. Could be the natural gait. When walking the right legs move together and the left legs move together. When running the front legs move together and the hind legs move together. However the works it results in one very smooth and strangely graceful sight. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 I personally don't generally watch Hatari to see how giraffes run... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 said: I personally don't generally watch Hatari to see how giraffes run... What the elephants????? Texas Lizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 They are elegant animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 I want you WATCH IT to see them catch the monkeys. And to see Red Buttons being drunk afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Giraffes are fascinating animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Not only is a giraffe’s gait interesting, but so is their physiology. A giraffe’s heart produces very high blood pressure, about 300 (human normal 130) in order to get blood pumped all the way up to the brain. Researchers are trying to figure out how they can maintain such high blood pressure without damaging other organs, which would happen in a human with blood pressure that high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozark Huckleberry Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 To add to the physiological wonder -- a giraffe has the same number of cervical vertebrae (neck bones) that a human has: 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 OK, now SWMBO and I will have to watch it again. I can see a Duke marathon in our near future. (Is that a Bad Thing?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Something I've also noticed: Giraffe's can't run backwards. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Can anything besides people run backwards? Lots of animals can WALK backwards, but RUN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAYOBARD SASS #13025L Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Widder, Geeraffs can’t chew gum either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joke 'um Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Dad had a '39 Plymouth pick-up. My brothers, friends and I spent most of a summer catching giraffes and rhinos from its front fenders after seeing Hatari. Nobody wanted to be Pockets and have to drive. P.S. The giraffes and rhinos were imaginary. None to be found in Hermiston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 51 minutes ago, Joke 'um said: Dad had a '39 Plymouth pick-up. My brothers, friends and I spent most of a summer catching giraffes and rhinos from its front fenders after seeing Hatari. Nobody wanted to be Pockets and have to drive. P.S. The giraffes and rhinos were imaginary. None to be found in Hermiston. Good thing that imaginary rhino didn't add any dents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Sometimes, seeing is believing. And to tug at your heart strings.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulp, SASS#28319 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Their trachea is very long too. If you breathed through a hose that long you’d be breathing the same air over and over. Eventually fatal. For some reason it doesn’t seem to bother the giraffes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Like humans, they have seven neck vertebrae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 I was impressed by there kicking ability. It is said that a single kick can be fatal to a lion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 I dig the giraffes! What about Red Buttons dancing?? That’s smooth as silk too! I watch Hatari for the Jeeps too!! I’ve owned almost every Jeep in the movie, except the CJ6!! There are more CJ6s than I have ever seen, and I’ve never ridden in or worked on one! I ain’t afraid to say the female pulchritude is most pleasant too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 pulchritude -- yea, another word I had to look up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/7/2020 at 9:22 PM, Texas Lizard said: What the elephants????? Texas Lizard Nope! Those neither! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Giraffes stalk their food. When we think of plant eaters, we generally don’t think of creatures that actively stalk their prey, but in the case of giraffes there is distinct methodology to how the giraffe approaches and eats its food. The acacia tree, one of the giraffe’s favorite plants to devour, will release tannins when it is distressed, which make the flavor of the leaves bitter. Other acacia trees in the area will detect these tannins and will in turn release their own tannins. To avoid having an entire meal of bitter leaves, giraffes have learned to graze against the wind so that each new acacia tree they visit is unaware that it is dinner until it is too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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