>>23844657
yes, that is correct.
but the idea of stacking is what I was wondering about. But, you know, when men stack up in formations, they don't stand on each other's heads, either, but on each others backs or sholders.
so it just depends on what the measure is for.
Yes, the height of a man is from the soles of his feat to the crown of his head.
if one were going to calculate 'how many elephants stack up' (it's elephants all the way down) or 'how many turtles' (It's turtles all the way down) or how many giraffes . . .
one must account for how they would stack themselves.
>>23844658
ah, a word I've never seen before. Thank your for the vocabulary lesson
"ossicones
: one of usually two short conical or columnar protuberances on the head of male and female giraffes and male okapis that are composed of ossified cartilage covered by skin and hair"
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ossicone