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Posted on: June 17, 2010 6:32 AM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: GAZZA
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June 17, 2010 7:00 AM
Meh. I was expecting one of them to bite the other one's ear off.
Posted by: vanharris
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June 17, 2010 7:01 AM
Yeah, okay, so what's PETA gonna do about that killer giraffe?
Posted by: RealityinSarnia
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June 17, 2010 7:17 AM
If there were predators around, they probably wouldn't be doing what they were doing. Just a guess. Ah the lust for a female (maybe).
Posted by: Julie Stahlhut
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June 17, 2010 7:32 AM
Can they do a similar documentary about high school girls who fight over boys?
Posted by: peter.waine
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June 17, 2010 7:52 AM
A typical Saturday night out in down town Durban, after the pubs close
Posted by: Sven DiMilo
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June 17, 2010 8:09 AM
Hey! Sucker
punchbutt!Actually, a pretty nice move.
Posted by: Andrew Hall
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June 17, 2010 8:11 AM
Wow, for a minute I thought these were the rare carnivorous giraffes.
http://laughinginpurgatory.blogspot.com/2010/06/which-religion-is-worst.html
Posted by: Aratina Cage
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June 17, 2010 8:24 AM
Has Rupert Murdoch laid his greasy fingers on National Geographic now too? It sounded like this show was trying to emulate Cops.
Posted by: MoonShark
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June 17, 2010 8:25 AM
Holy crap, giraffes can be scary.
Here's another video showing just how dangerous they can be.
Posted by: bbgunn071679
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June 17, 2010 8:32 AM
"Down goes Frazier!"
Posted by: DeusExNihilum
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June 17, 2010 8:40 AM
Whilst Giraffe A was on the ground, Giraffe B was looking at him with a glance that said "Yeah that's right; stay down, bitch"
Posted by: Carlie of the lacy, gently wafting adjectives
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June 17, 2010 8:43 AM
Melman!! Nooooooooo!!!!!
Posted by: Brian, Defender of Tone Trolls
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June 17, 2010 8:47 AM
... and creationists say animals aren't like humans!
This looked for all the world like a heavy weight match in the 12th round with both combatants exhausted, leaning on each other while summoning strength for the occasional swipe.
And did anyone else see the boxing ring giraffe girl? Great legs.
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp
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June 17, 2010 8:49 AM
beat me to it
Posted by: Sven DiMilo
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June 17, 2010 8:58 AM
float like a gazelle, sting like a giraffe
Posted by: humanizzm
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June 17, 2010 9:31 AM
"...causing instant concussion"
I know I'm knitpicking here, but instant concussion? Is there any other type of concussion? like a slow, lingering one? Kinda fun to imagine:
"He hit's his head only a little, causing a slo-mo concussion that will take out his opponent five minutes later."
Posted by: Harvey Whineberg
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June 17, 2010 9:38 AM
Fighting with your head . . . now that's intelligent design
Posted by: McCthulhu is taking ∞ to eat all the pi
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June 17, 2010 9:48 AM
If this was really like Saturday nights at the bars, the skank they were fighing over had some biker giraffe buy her drinks and took off on his Harley. These two lose trillions of brain cells and get concussions and don't even get a hoof-job out of it. Both of them end up at home surfing camelopardalisbooty.com that night. In the end it was a good thing since the biker giraffe gets a severe case of burning giraffe wang the next day...
Posted by: Cathartes Aura
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June 17, 2010 10:41 AM
These comments are great.
I've worked with giraffes before and they are SERIOUS BUSINESS. Sure, they look all sweet and innocent and adoring, but they will F your S up. Sometimes on accident.
And they look big on TV, but nothing compares to standing next to a giraffe. There is nothing quite like looking up and seeing nothing but an animal's damn COUNTERSHADING several feet above your head because it is so huge.
Megafauna. Hell yes.
Posted by: Sean
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June 17, 2010 10:43 AM
that is awesome...
Posted by: Stwriley
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June 17, 2010 10:47 AM
I've always liked the killer giraffes in China Mieville's Un Lun Dun, roaming the streets of his mirror London in packs and devouring any creature they can catch.
Posted by: Shplane, some shit in french
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June 17, 2010 11:08 AM
Giraffes: Motherfuckers.
Posted by: Brownian, Most Vicious & Petty of Pharyngulites
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June 17, 2010 11:28 AM
'Gentle giants' my ass. One once tried to head-butt me for sharing its oat pellets ("One for the giraffe, one for me. One for the giraffe...") Fortunately the kung-fu is strong within me and I was able to dodge its attacks with sinewy dodging techniques.
Posted by: Brownian, Most Vicious & Petty of Pharyngulites
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June 17, 2010 11:31 AM
We've all been there, I think.
Posted by: ronsullivan
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June 17, 2010 12:01 PM
All that plus two-foot purple tongues. Oh my, yes.
Is anyone else here as chronically irked as I am about the generic syrupy kinda head-voice contralto cooing female voiceover voice in the Sea World commercial there? That and its growly male counterpart that you hear in rugged outdoorsy car commercials on US TV. Aural equivalents, for those of you who don't favor the font, of Comic Sans.
Posted by: Brian, Defender of Tone Trolls
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June 17, 2010 12:02 PM
@Brownian
Well I certainly haven't.
Oh. And that link doesn't work; anyone have the right spelling?
Posted by: DLC
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June 17, 2010 2:01 PM
Hm... new definition for MMA fighting.
Mammal Martial Arts. it could go big!
but we need a Zebra for a ref.
Posted by: Gregory Greenwood
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June 17, 2010 5:26 PM
I am surprised no one has linked to this song yet.
Having watched this video, perhaps they picked the wrong animal. Sure, a tiger might eat you, but if you look askance at a giraffe it will beat you down...
Posted by: RealityinSarnia
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June 17, 2010 5:32 PM
Good thing Jerome was on the outside of the Friendly Giant's castle but then again, he was a giant too.Friendly Giant Video
Posted by: McCthulhu is taking ∞ to eat all the pi
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June 17, 2010 6:53 PM
@RealityinSarniatownreggae: Is that why they went off the air? Jerome head-butted Rusty and cranked a horn into Friendly's femur and busted his recorder? I was wondering why the FG DVDs weren't being released for ocular consumption by my little girl, I thought the Homme family were mad at misuse of the puppets on a CBC special, but it turns out they're just afraid Jerome will go berserk in his dotage and head-butt your entire family into concussed vegetania.
Said abuse of the FG puppets on a Gemini awards show skit, I don't think it was that bad, really:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL-bLZzihbw&feature=player_embedded
Posted by: Zernk
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June 21, 2010 12:36 PM
Man - just a touch on the button.
Looks like he's thinking "whoah - how tha fuck did i do THAT? I must RULE or something"
Posted by: Silič O'Nopolitanopoulos, Färschdbischuf Beesknees aus Ulm und Klein Elguth, Elector Pharynguline.
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June 23, 2010 10:04 AM
Yeah. You need more buckets for giraffes than for donkeys.