#raffe

It's an incredibly difficult thing to bring a giraffe down. They can kill a lion with a single blow from their feet. ↗

— Joanna Lumley

#bring #cult thing #difficult #difficult thing #down

NASA space scientists have been studying giraffe skin so they can apply what they learn from it to the construction of spacesuits. ↗

— Joanna Lumley

#been #construction #giraffe #learn #nasa

We transported eight giraffes, and there are now nine because one gave birth to a male shortly afterwards. They carry their pregnancies very well-they all looked the same. ↗

— Joanna Lumley

#because #birth #carry #eight #gave

My childhood was really comfortable and secure, but school was a nightmare. I was a lot taller than the other girls and they called me Gitte the giraffe. ↗

— Brigitte Nielsen

#childhood #comfortable #giraffe #i #lot

Your sense of judgement could use a dash of common sense. ↗

— Susan Ee

#judgement

Art does not have to be dull, to be effective; the artist does not have to be a bore, to be real. ↗

— Burton Raffel

#artist #burton-raffel #o-henry #art

My hand stays out with the offered food long enough to make the moment awkward. "Don't you want it?" I ask. "That depends on why you're giving it to me." I shrug. "Sometimes, as we're stumbling along in the dark, we hit something good. ↗

— Susan Ee

#food

Does the giraffe know what he's for? Or care? Or even think about his place in things? A giraffe has a black tongue twenty-seven inches long and no vocal cords. A giraffe has nothing to say. He just goes on giraffing. ↗

— Robert Fulghum

#giraffe #funny

Someone knocks on the door. Laylah's eyes widen in alarm. Josiah looks like he's just been condemned to hell. "It's just my dinner," says Raffe. ↗

— Susan Ee

#raffe #humor

Nature has a pretty sick sense of humor. ↗

— Kelly Braffet

#josie #kelly-braffet #nature #humor