Giraffes split into 6 different species

[Dave5N]

I'm with Lysenko. If ever there was a species that had responded to greater fertiliser inputs the giraffe is it.

Nah, Lysenko wouldn't have used bourgeois fertiliser. Giraffes are proletarian heroes of the Revolution. They don't need fertiliser to grow. They work collectively for the good of Giraffedom.

 

[Abitrary]

1. giraffe
2. slightly longer eared giraffe
3. chubby giraffe...

...don't know the others.

Isn't a llama also a giraffe, in the same way that a fox is a type of wolf?

 

[tdr1nka]

Isn't a llama also a giraffe, in the same way that a fox is a type of wolf?

I'm not willing to stick my neck out on that one.


T x

 

[bonj2]

Isn't a llama also a giraffe, in the same way that a fox is a type of wolf?

no a llama's a camel.

 

[Abitrary]

no a llama's a camel.

reckonz?

 

[Abitrary]

sorry, so it is

 

[simonali]

Are you thinking of the okapi?

 

[bonj2]

No, that's a zebra.
There is also the alpaca, which is a llama, which is in turn a camel.

 

[simonali]

No, that's a zebra.

You stand corrected!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okapi

 

[Arch]

No, that's a zebra.
There is also the alpaca, which is a llama, which is in turn a camel.

Technically the term is Camelid - a camel (dromedary or bactrian) is a camelid, as are llamas, alpacas, vicunas, guanacos...

 

[TheDoctor]

But camels are only the shape they are because Ford Prefect took up being cruel to animals as a hobby. 'Life, the Universe and Everything' I think it was.
[/Hitchhikers]

 

[Arch]

But camels are only the shape they are because Ford Prefect took up being cruel to animals as a hobby. 'Life, the Universe and Everything' I think it was.
[/Hitchhikers]

Wasn't it giraffes? (I may be a bit rusty, I haven't read them for a while....)

 

[TheDoctor]

Wasn't it giraffes? (I may be a bit rusty, I haven't read them for a while....)

I think you're right.

I can't believe Arches go rusty. The one at Ironbridge hasn't, and that's been there for ages.

 

[Arch]

I think you're right.

I can't believe Arches go rusty. The one at Ironbridge hasn't, and that's been there for ages.

Yeah, but I guess it gets a lick of paint everyso often?

 

[trustysteed]

do Arch's need a good lick now and then to prevent rust?