#3190: Tensegrity
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[Cueball stands at the left of the panel, and at the right is a giraffe-like animal whose legs appear to be made of a tensegrity structure, with disconnected segments held together by strings]
[Caption below the panel:]
While tensegrity is rare in the animal kingdom, a few species, such as Buckminster's Giraffe, are known to employ it.
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text:Some people argue that the tension and compression in the human skeleton is technically tensegrity, but it's missing the defining characteristic: making people say 'wtf, how is that thing floating?' when they see it.