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Most humans don't have any giraffes in their necks at all!

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[–] urquell@lemm.ee 36 points 2 months ago

Sigh... Have my vote

[–] brandon@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A slightly related, but true, biology fact is that all mammals (with the exception of sloths and manatees) have seven neck vertebrae. So, humans and giraffes actually have the same number of bones in their necks.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I've heard that--in fact, I made the joke largely because I expect lots of people to mentally start saying, "well actually..." before getting to the punchline.

[–] ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Tangentially related. If you have two legs, you have slightly more than the average number of legs people have.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In other words, most people have an above-average number of legs.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Also, the average human has less than one testicle

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 points 2 months ago

I think I have one that's continually headbutting my spine.

[–] Hikuro93@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Having seen a giraffe use its neck as a whip, yeah, it would make some sense on the surface. Pretty flexible and strong, as if their massive kicks weren't already enough of a deterrent.

Still, neatto. A joke my wife would definitely glare at.

[–] aviationeast@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Except Gary "Giraffe Neck" Maher who has twenty giraffes in his neck and only 2 vertebrae.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You know we don't count Gary. Not after last time.

[–] aviationeast@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wasn't there. Can you retell the story?

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Sorry, I can't retell it. Not after last time.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

On average, humans have less than two feet

Edit: oh so I just barged in here and said the basically same thing the other guy said. Sorry