Scientists Report First Instances of Dwarf Giraffes

Smithsonian Magazine ^ | JANUARY 8, 2021 | Rasha Aridi

[Eddie01]

It case anyone asks if dwarf giraffes are real...

[Pearls Before Swine]

A new emotional support pet?

[ArtDodger]

Neck envy, anyone?

[I-ambush]

Shouldn’t that be “little” giraffes?

[Larry Lucido]

“We’re little giraffes!”

[ifinnegan]

“The scientists plan to monitor Gimli and Nigel over the course of their lives to see if their dwarfism affects their behavior and social statuses, according to the statement.”

Who cares about that.

Do genomic comparative analysis.

[jdsteel]

In before the Jumbo Shrimp jokes.....

[Eddie01]

I believe Dwarf Giraffe tossing is still allowed.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Their behavior and social status?

It seems likely to me that they will suffer from “little giraffe syndrome.”

[aMorePerfectUnion]

I don’t think we call them dwarf giraffes any more.

We call them small giraffes.

Except in Ireland, where they have dwarf giraffe tossing competitions in pubs...

[ifinnegan]

It will just prove how more social justice is needed in society.

[Eddie01]

“It seems likely to me that they will suffer from “little giraffe syndrome.”

On the up side, they will be given a reality TV show on Discovery.

[ElkGroveDan]

How soon before someone sets up dwarf giraffe wrestling? I’d pay to see it.

[blueunicorn6]

Dwarf giraffes are a real pain in the neck.

[Eddie01]

Someone needs to start a gofundme page to help pay for stilts so they can reach the good leaves.

[hanamizu]

It case anyone asks if dwarf giraffes are real...

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I was hoping for couch giraffes like the Russian guy had in the DirecTV ad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXDIS3NzB84

[EEGator]

Handicapable giraffes...

[baclava]

Africa needs to grow taller trees!

That’ll stop that.

[Eddie01]

Airline to allow giraffes on board as ‘emotional support animals’

In a move welcomed by nervous fliers, the tiny Kenyan airline Icarus Air has announced that from March 1st it will allow passengers to be accompanied by a giraffe as an ‘emotional support animal’.

FAA regulation 4A-29147 (Appendix G) currently restricts such animals to domestic pets including cats, dogs, small birds (excluding pigeons) and ‘other such creature as shall be deemed to be of essential psychological reassurance to a passenger during his/her/its flight’.

It is this last phrase which Icarus Air successfully cited in a recent Supreme Court appeal, leading to the market-leading announcement. We understand that passengers will be permitted one giraffe each, up to a maximum height of 4 metres. Giraffes will have no duty-free allowance but will each be allowed a 22 kg carry-on basket of Arcacia leaves.

[snip]

[17th Miss Regt]

Passenger: “Stewardess, my giraffe is sick.”

Stewardess: “Did he have the chicken or the fish?”