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[-] absentbird@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

So like the size of a horse?

The average horse is about half the height and weight of the average giraffe. Giraffes are just a really bad unit of measurement, males weight about 400kg more than females and there is a wide height difference over their global population, they are technically four different species we just all call giraffe 🦒

[-] buttnugget@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

I was just going to say, what kind of weird ass size comparison is that. It’s almost as egregious as saying “half the size of two apples”.

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago

The Smurfs were 3 apples tall.

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