Comment on Will it float rule

workerONE@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• imadethis@fedinsfw.app ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The issue with that is it would create a very large lever arm (not really a lever arm, but it’s the closest way I have to describe it) with the buoyancy force of the neck disappearing unless the neck is placed in the water, and if the giraffe is holding it’s head up higher, the angle necessary to have the neck in the water while the body (the other significant buoyancy provider) is also in the water would dunk even more of the giraffe’s face in the water, almost certainly plunging the giraffe’s nostrils and mouth below the surface.

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• SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Oh yeah, like those Land Rovers that have a pipe for their air intake

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• m0darn@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  So you see how its front legs droop so much because they’re so heavy? This means its torso is tilted far forwards and so it can’t really lift its neck much more.

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  • workerONE@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    But giraffes can stand on flat ground and reach their head almost straight up above them. I tried to match the body position in the comparison image I made. I’m not sure why they think the giraffe’s legs would be so far forward but it doesn’t matter because it shows neck mobility Image

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    • workerONE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Or maybe they’d swim like this

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      • workerONE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Or maybe like this

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    • m0darn@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah, maybe it’s because if they crane their neck upwards, their rump rises instead of their head

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    • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Ooh, this image makes it very clear why the floating position must be so uncomfortable for them

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