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I found this song called Put Giraffes In The Air
Why would someone put a giraffe in the air, and how do they do it?
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The song isn't saying "giraffes", it's "jurass", short for the Jurassic era when the dinosaurs lived.
Some dinosaurs, like pterodactyls, could fly. So "Put Jurass in the air" means "Bring back the pterodactyls," which we can all agree would be cool.
They already are in the air. They only look tall because they've been reaching for the ground for millennia until they finally evolved legs and a neck long enough to reach.
The person who made the video misunderstood the lyrics. It's actually talking about a donkey.
Then how/why would you put a donkey in the air?
Some people don’t like giraffes all that much; a guy I used to work with had a garden that was trampled by a giraffe, and he got so upset he threw it straight up into the air.
Ahhh, this reminds me of cheekygirl's original ytmnd.