• AmbientChaos@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Giraffes have a laryngeal nerve that runs down the length of their neck, around their heart, and then back up to the larynx for no good reason. It’s can be over a 15 foot detour! Imagine a sys admin seeing something like that, haha

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      1 year ago

      pretty wild that natural selection just allowed that to happen. But then, the same can be said of many cable set-ups

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        1 year ago

        Yes! I don’t remember the specifics but I believe I read it can turn something that would otherwise have been a small injury into something life threatening or even fatal