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Giraffe dies after head strikes bridge
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| 8-1-2014
| Zunaid Ismael
Posted on 08/01/2014 9:43:44 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
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To: Citizen Zed
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posted on
08/01/2014 9:47:02 AM PDT
by
Drew68
To: Citizen Zed
Allan said that the giraffe's death could have been avoided.
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posted on
08/01/2014 9:48:06 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Citizen Zed
Okay, this was just incompetent. And an animal died needlessly because of this incompetence. There needs to be consequences.
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posted on
08/01/2014 9:48:11 AM PDT
by
fwdude
(The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
To: Citizen Zed
Guess Hangover 3 hasn’t gotten to Africa yet.
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posted on
08/01/2014 9:49:22 AM PDT
by
discostu
(Villains always blink their eyes.)
To: fwdude
I thought it was standard before hauling to look up the lowest clearance for any bridges along the route.
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posted on
08/01/2014 9:49:25 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Citizen Zed
That kind of roadkill will feed a family of six for months.
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posted on
08/01/2014 9:50:18 AM PDT
by
Moltke
(Sapere aude!)
To: Citizen Zed
“We believe the method in which the animal was transported was not correct.”
Gee, ya think?
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posted on
08/01/2014 9:50:22 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Citizen Zed
How do you say “duck!” in giraffe?
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posted on
08/01/2014 9:51:30 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Moltke
Guess, they'll just have to make 'em smaller.
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posted on
08/01/2014 9:51:40 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Citizen Zed
They didn’t see that coming.
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posted on
08/01/2014 9:51:48 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
(I)
To: Citizen Zed
Very sad indeed.One of the most moving moments of my life was having seen giraffes (in the wild) in Tanzania a number of years ago.”Majestic” doesn't even begin to explain their presence in the distance.I'm approaching the twilight of my life but one last trip to East Africa is on my bucket list.
To: Citizen Zed
Apparently South Africa actually has regulations on how Giraffes are supposed to be transported. The have to be upright, and the heads are to be covered by a special crate like container.
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posted on
08/01/2014 9:55:13 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
(I)
To: Citizen Zed; Gamecock; metmom
![](http://www.iol.co.za/polopoly_fs/giraffe-twitter-screenshot-1.1728851!/image/3907117046.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_300/3907117046.jpg)
And that's why God made it rain for forty days and forty nights - to avoid hurting the giraffes.
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posted on
08/01/2014 9:55:47 AM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: dfwgator
I thought it was standard before hauling to look up the lowest clearance for any bridges along the route. I'm going to stick my neck out here and say they failed to do that.
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posted on
08/01/2014 9:55:50 AM PDT
by
Ken H
To: Moltke
Maybe they could send him to the Copenhagen Zoo for lion chow.
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posted on
08/01/2014 9:56:26 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: Citizen Zed
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posted on
08/01/2014 9:56:43 AM PDT
by
lacrew
To: Citizen Zed
The truck also reportedly broke down after the giraffe hit its head and it was unable to receive any treatment.
Would someone please beat the reporter’s head against a bridge?
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posted on
08/01/2014 10:00:57 AM PDT
by
Rides_A_Red_Horse
(Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
The truck also reportedly broke downDang that truck must have taken it very hard.
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posted on
08/01/2014 10:01:50 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
They probably did that just fine.. for the truck but er forgot to include the giraffes into their calculations.
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