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WintLizard@sopuli.xyz to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

TIL Why giraffes have patches

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TIL Why giraffes have patches

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WintLizard@sopuli.xyz to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Why giraffes have spots
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A new study led by the University of Melbourne provides the first anatomical proof of why giraffes have spots – and how they relate to plastic surgery.
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  • Syreniac@lemmy.world
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    It’s obvious, giraffes have patches to fix any bugs in their original implementations.

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      git commit -m "feat: longer neck to access higher_trees easily"

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        git commit - m “fix: if higher_trees == 0, the neck will stay the same length instead of growing indefinitely”

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        Ah, a fellow conventional committer. But the even more important question: will you change your commit message to reference the higher_trees entity or keep the error?

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    A TL;DR anyone?

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      If I understand it correctly, it’s because they have a specific blood vessel structure that allows for more bloodflow between the spots and pale areas for temperature regulation, I think. …You might want to read the article.

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        You did a splendid job of summing it up. Thanks!

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      Temperature regulation.

      • ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world
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        Nois.

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    Sure, fine. When can I have giraffe spots?

    • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world
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      Step 1 - Buy a giraffe.

    • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
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      The article explains it.

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        I can’t see it in there ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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