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Giraffes are 30 times more likely to get hit by lightning than people (lemmynsfw.com)
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There are only five well-documented fatal lightning strikes on giraffes between 1996 and 2010. But due to the population of the species being just 140,000 during this time, it makes for about 0.003 lightning deaths per thousand giraffes each year. This is 30 times the equivalent fatality rate for humans.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Ah, the new Lemmy giraffaroo?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

We should start a chain on Lemmy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Already started: [email protected]

The head of the chain is currently here: https://feddit.org/comment/1716202

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