ReadersDigestAustraliaNewZealand-March2018

March• 2018 | 39

The Great Tweet off:

Animal Edition

Our relationship with the animals

we share the planet with is

complex. We love them. We fear

them. And we are not above

mocking them on Twitter.

Giraffes were invented in 1780

when three horses accidentally

swallowed a ladder. @KIMMYMONTE

DOGS: So cute, many colours

& sizes, happy butts, cold noses,

some know where the ball is,

breath could be better.

A++ WOULD PET AGAIN

@NICCAGEMATCH

The fact that earthworms are

called earthworms suggests the

existence of sea worms and, more

distressingly, air and fire worms.

@MICHAEL_RAPHONE

bath. Even added him to the family

photo albums.

„ My dad said if I looked after a

special growing rock and watered it

each day until it stopped growing,

then I could get a dog. I’d water

it, and every week, while I was at

school, he’d replace it with a slightly

bigger rock.

„ When I was little, my dad told me

that toys grew under the weeds in

the garden and that if I pulled them,

eventually a toy would pop out.

And I believed it!

Sources: Boredpanda.com and Reddit.com

SHRINKAGE

While at the shops, I passed two

women, neither of whom looked

particularly happy. Especially the

one who said, “Nothing in my size

fits me anymore.”

SUBMITTED BY MARY WATERS

SCIENCE TIP: You can distinguish

an alligator from a crocodile by

paying attention to whether the

animal sees you later or in a while.

@GOOOOATS

The fact tha

we know

chameleons

exist means

they are

worthless id

failures. @PE

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EACHCOFFIN

ILLUSTRATIONS: iSTOCK