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[challenge entry] Poor giraffes.
They can't cough, bless 'em.



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(Blue Phoenix, Sun 26 Oct 2003, 16:18, archived)
# giraffes have the fastest breathing rate of any mammal.
but is that a reticulated giraffe or an endangered Rothschild giraffe?
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 26 Oct 2003, 16:19, archived)
# I think it's just
giraffes as a species
(I helped save b3ta! Roxy_Hart is so so old, Sun 26 Oct 2003, 16:22, archived)
# no,
there are at least two species of giraffe, the reticulated and the Rothschild. but i think they do both share the rather fast breathing rate thing.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 26 Oct 2003, 16:23, archived)
# aren't they varieties
of the overall species?
or am I getting confused?
(I helped save b3ta! Roxy_Hart is so so old, Sun 26 Oct 2003, 16:27, archived)
# nope,
different species. which is why the Rothschild is endangered.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 26 Oct 2003, 16:28, archived)
# I am getting confuded
they are the same genus though aren't they
(I helped save b3ta! Roxy_Hart is so so old, Sun 26 Oct 2003, 16:31, archived)
# wow!
thats worse than sneezing with one's eyes open



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(Corn Dog, Sun 26 Oct 2003, 16:20, archived)
# i just wrote that message
without using a "c"!
(Corn Dog, Sun 26 Oct 2003, 16:20, archived)
# or a Q
or a Z
(I helped save b3ta! Roxy_Hart is so so old, Sun 26 Oct 2003, 16:22, archived)
# shh dont tell
(Corn Dog, Sun 26 Oct 2003, 16:23, archived)
# or
a 憎
(vork and burlap, Sun 26 Oct 2003, 16:24, archived)