Lately, I’ve been seeing a variety of animals I don’t normally see very often such as blue crabs, armadillos and opossums. It got me to thinking about animals in general. Giraffe’s have always been one of my favorite animals. I started to wonder, what would my life be like if I had an enormously long neck?
For starters, I think I might tend to overeat a bit since it would take longer for food to travel from my mouth to my stomach. I might not realize I’m full when I still have a mouthful or two of food that still needs to make its way down my throat. Would I even be able to feed myself? I dont think my arms would be long enough to reach my mouth. Likewise it would take longer to quench my thirst if I was really, really thirsty. Hopefully, I’d never get a sore throat because that would probably be a very unpleasant experience. I’m quite sure I wouldn’t fit in any type of enclosed vehicle and constantly annoy the people sitting behind me in a theatre. Would I have a constant stiff neck from having to duck a lot?
On the flip side I’d really enjoy the view a lot better. It would be nice to have an aerial view of things and be able to see what’s going on all around me rather than just a few feet ahead. I could literally get a birds eye view of nests and other animals that hang out in trees. And if I really didn’t want to listen to someone jabbering on and on I could always say, “What I can’t hear you my ears are too far away.” And that would hopefully get them to stop talking. I would have plenty of neck space to adorn jewelry and scarves, but would not be able to wear turtlenecks properly.
There are a lot of pros and cons with having a long neck. Maybe it’s better that God gave giraffe’s the long necks because I think my life would be too complicated otherwise.
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