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Floating giraffes and the science of buoyant absurdity
In Scientific American Darren Naish and Donald Henderson explore if giraffes can float using a computer model. They conclude giraffes probably float but would be clumsy and unstable with heavy forelimbs pulling the neck toward a near horizontal position. The study highlights how computer simulations aid biomechanics research. The piece also notes Sherif Kirshenbaum's analysis of kissing in The Science of Kissing and mentions that great apes also press lips together though humans uniquely eversion lips.
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