There are only five well-documented fatal lightning strikes on giraffes between 1996 and 2010. But due to the population of the species being just 140,000 during this time, it makes for about 0.003 lightning deaths per thousand giraffes each year. This is 30 times the equivalent fatality rate for humans.

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  • Billegh@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    It’s their feet. They have four, so have twice as many as humans. But lightning works exponentially.