Giraffe-Giraffe Combat: Everybody Wins

The last exam I gave my Human Origins classes included the option to get a bonus point by drawing a picture of giraffe-giraffe combat.  This isn't quite as dumb as it sounds, as we had watched a short video of giraffes battling it out in class.  And that isn't as dumb as it sounds, either. I don't recall exactly how we got there, but at one point we had watched a video of Richard Dawkins dissecting a giraffe neck to follow the path of the recurrent laryngeal nerve. Later on, in the context of our discussion of possible explanations for the emergence of bipedalism, we discussed the idea in this paper that bipedalism is related to fighting.

Anyway, the option to draw giraffe-giraffe combat made it on to the exam as a bonus question. My experience is that many of the students like to draw things - it makes taking the exam a little less painful and it gives them a chance to express their personalities a little bit.  I like it because it makes grading less tedious.

There were so many good giraffe drawings that I couldn't pick an outright winner.  Thus the award for best depiction of giraffe-giraffe combat will be decided by public vote.  Register your choice by number in the comments section below.  Some Grand Valley State undergraduate will be very happy, as I have promised the winner a completely non-spectacular prize (probably something from the Salvation Army).

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1. "I Am a Giraffe."

2. "Dude, WTF?"

3. "Screw You, Carl!"

4. "My Land."

5. "Epic Combat Game."

6. "Move!"

7. "K.O.'d."

8. "Come At Me Then, Marty."

9. Untitled.

10. "Stop Touching the Remote."

11. "You Dishonor Me."

12. "Wow This Kid Sucks at Drawing."

So much winning.