[MtnClimber]

It is time to trade that pet giraffe for a pet snake.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

I would think that ants would get struck by lightening more than other animals. Or some other animal that has a relatively large population.

[BuffaloJack]

I had a young chemist work for me about 30 years ago.
He loved golfing and during his first year he got struck by lightning on the golf course; he was out for 2 or 3 minutes but awoke none the worse for wear. The very next year, on the same gold course, he was struck by lightning again. He survived, but limped for a week or so where he got burned on his foot when his sneakers caught fire.
The year after that, he did not survive a jealous husband who caught him with his wife. He dies of lead poisoning.
True Story.

[bar sin·is·ter]

[Trumpnado2016]

I wonder if James Comey qualifies as a giraffe?

[HotHunt]

I never thought much about animals getting struck by lightening until I traded the city for the country in retirement and started raising beef cattle.

We have 24 head of cattle but none of them have been hit. And there is lots of lightening here in Florida during a thunderstorm.

But our only horse was struck dead two years ago right where he stood one night in a blinding rain and lightening storm.

The next day I had to call a guy who picks up dead animal carcasses from farms, dairies, etc. He had one other dead horse and three dead cows in his trailer already that morning from being struck by lightening the night before.

He told me it is not uncommon for him to have a busy day after a heavy lightening storm. He said it is fairly easy to tell they've been hit by lightening. It "explodes" their guts and they swell up like a hot-air balloon.

My wife and I thankful that none of our cows have been killed so far because the cows make us good money at auction. The horse, however, was a money pit, costing us money without a way to make money from it.

So fate has spared our money-makers so far.

[jobim]

Giraffes are selfish. But dogs, dogs are not.

[Songcraft]

"I dodged, when I should have ducked."

[RegulatorCountry]

Tree-dwelling creatures probably die more often from lightning strikes, and I’ll bet the giraffes weren’t out in the open when struck and killed but rather under a tree. That’s where cattle get struck and die, under a tree. Instinctual, to find shelter, to get under something when a storm’s around. That, and to lie down. My grandparents regarded cows lying down as sort of predictive regarding short term weather. Thunderstorm in summer, snow in winter.

[Redwood71]

About the same answer as to their being closer to God.

rwood