r/giraffes • u/greenoctopus33 • Aug 26 '26

Video hugging :)

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u/DangerDee007 Aug 26 '26

Video cuts right before it pulls her over railing to her death 🤣

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u/AffectionateRisk9087 Aug 28 '26

As an animal care taker who specializes in giraffes, this is extremely dangerous. 1 giraffes don’t want hugs. Giraffes have very sensitive faces and typically don’t like their heads/necks touched. Not to mention anthropomorphizing an animal is also dangerous causing us to put wrongful human emotions with animals who do not operate under our rules/emotions/behaviors
2. This is clearly a male giraffe, from this video it seems he was attempting to spar the girl, as necking is a giraffes primary form of inter species fighting. The video cuts off but it seems like she almost if not was pushed off the railing.

This thread needs to take this video down as it perpetuates a bad image and could influence other people to do the same behavior which could harm both human and animal.

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u/ThatSmittyDude Aug 26 '26

Kitty.

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u/Kolfinna Aug 30 '26

Just random asshole humans

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u/ShroomieBellz Aug 26 '26

Cute c c 😭

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u/Forsaken-Necessary91 Aug 26 '26

Wish I could be there, I'd love a hug too💜

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u/Reasonable-Wedding21 Aug 27 '26

The giraffe was more than ready

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u/Jerdogg23 Aug 28 '26

A dinosaur

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u/Kolfinna Aug 30 '26

Mods should ban anyone posting this garbage or encouraging mishandling wildlife

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u/Kolfinna Aug 30 '26

I hate this, you end up with a giraffe who's headshy and difficult to handle or medicate if needed. People are selfish assholes who treat wild animals like a stuffed toy.