The disproportionately long legs of giraffes evolved primarily to mitigate the severe cardiovascular burden and high blood pressure required to pump blood against gravity to their elevated brains.
#Zoology #EvolutionaryBiology #ComparativePhysiology #Biomechanics #sflorg
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