Comments on: The Strange Elegance of the Giraffe-Necked Antelope

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:40:00 +0000

@ Nora

You win +1 Internets!

By: T_T_D

T_T_D — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:28:23 +0000

Thanks for posting this. I've been trying to ID this animal from this really funny gif that I saved from a long time ago.

By: ChrysaMarie

ChrysaMarie — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:17:58 +0000

Do these remind anyone else of the Kaminoans from Star Wars Episode 2?

By: haribo

haribo — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:23:30 +0000

“Just as their taller friends have evolved to get to the higher branches of green in a barren landscape”. A common evolutionary misconception. No animal evolves in order to help itself, eg the giraffe’s genes did not ‘decide’ to alter to reach trees, rather the genes altered and this proved beneficial, therefore they were passed on to the animal’s offspring.

By: VM

VM — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:57:09 +0000

I remember watching some gerenuks last time I was at the LA Zoo, extending themselves to the utmost in their drive to trim an extra inch of the grass surrounding their paddock.

By: Nora

Nora — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:39:22 +0000

Its like a Llama… no, I guess its still more of an antelope… I know! I shall call it Llamalope.

By: harold

harold — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:33:48 +0000

That’s not a bit funny. Its a very rare, threatened animal.

By: zavatone

zavatone — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:02:00 +0000

Tastes like BACON!

By: seekshelter

seekshelter — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:34:06 +0000

mmmm….tasty neck meat…