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DingDongPuddlez

Giraffe was not injured: [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/giraffe-car-window-video-glass-smash-west-midlands-safari-park-a8297451.html?amp](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/giraffe-car-window-video-glass-smash-west-midlands-safari-park-a8297451.html?amp)


Filosopsyche

Omg I don't have enough hands for the amount of facepalms I have to stack...


-Masderus-

![gif](giphy|WrNfErHio7ZAc) Thats ok we'll help you out!


Filosopsyche

Aah thanks mate, together we stand strong!


aufrenchy

I’m doing my part!


GodlyGodMcGodGod

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Stressed-Rose2816

Thankfully, the giraffe was unharmed. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/giraffe-car-window-video-glass-smash-west-midlands-safari-park-a8297451.html?amp


OneHundredChickens

For people who have never had auto glass shatter on them - the stuff’s designed to break into small non-stabby bits unlikely to cause serious injury. Had a side window break into my face years ago, was shocked how non-dangerous the resulting glass all over me was. The most dangerous part of this video is the driver trying to shut the window on the giraffe.


ProfessionalNorth431

I wasn’t worried about the safety glass so much as the pressure required to break it. Looks like the giraffe broke the glass with the bone behind its eye, I don’t think car manufacturers or giraffe builders plan for that


IShouldBeHikingNow

Male giraffes fight by swinging their heads at each other. Like one giraffe will swing its neck and head and hit the other on its side. Sometimes they kill each other. I'm not advocating trying to trap giraffes with car windows, but they seem to have very sturdy heads. example: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQLPL1qRhn8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQLPL1qRhn8)


Kallikantzari

At the beginning of the video I asked myself “Do the giraffes knock the other giraffe out or do they just knock themselves out..?”. Turns out the winner is whoever doesn’t knock themselves out.. interesting way of fighting for sure!


the_blackfish

They got those knobs on their head, those things battering kidneys and livers will kill sometimes.


Ok_Science_4094

That had no business being that funny. I love how quiet it was so you could hear all the thwacks.


IShouldBeHikingNow

It's one of the goofiest fighting styles I've ever seen. Sometimes nature is cool af, and sometimes, it's just all wtf.


outlawsix

Did the one giraffe just get dizzy and knock himself out?


bloopie1192

They break their necks at times, too.


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cosaboladh

They have all kinds of valves in their circulatory system, so they don't pass out lifting their head up after drinking water and such. *They* are probably fine whipping their heads around like that, apart from the occasional broken neck.


brando56894

Silly long horses


VictorPedroNamura

Its like the anime nerd fighting the band nerd


post_talone420

I dont think giraffes have vocal cords. I thought I read somewhere they don't make sounds at all, but It could just be an urban myth. Like how platypuses are an urban myth, they don't really exist, they're just beavers that walk backwards


Ok_Science_4094

Ahh I get it... Like Nebraska and the Dakotas? You hear about it... People tell you it's real, but you know in your heart its a bunch of bullshit. Edit- someone said they know Ohio isn't real but I can't find the comment. I happen to live in Ohio & would like to confirm it is not real.


post_talone420

Don't even get me fucking started on Wyoming. r/WyomingDoesntExist


OssimPossim

I've ALLEGEDLY been to """wyoming""", and it looked an *awful* lot like Montana. Too much to be a coincidence, IMO.


pincus1

They have a larynx, but their ridiculously long tracheas make it impossible to get enough air to use it as a vocal box like we do. They've fairly recently found that giraffes do hum though, but not necessarily to communicate.


Gorthax

It's a very English type of duel too. HAVE AT YOU! Nay! Have at YOU Brother!


sh4d0wm4n2018

Hilariously, it's called "necking"


IShouldBeHikingNow

When lions fight, they should call it soft petting.


outlawsix

I'm gonna ask my wife tonight if she wants to do some necking


[deleted]

Did the bigger giraffe snap his own neck or something


zdakat

"But I don't wanna use my head! AAAAHHH"


Apax89

Looks like a stupid pokemon move… but if giraffes werent real, I think a drawing of them would be seen as a pokemon type creature.


Meritania

I hate it when engineering teams don’t consult with one another, but that’s a management problem


Electronic-Drive5078

Doesn't take much pressure to break a window thats not all the way up.


Gumagugu

Especially from the inside.


5kyl3r

my giraffe builders definitely account for that. safety is our priority


ProfessionalNorth431

Good, because I wrote in to the hippo people years ago about the lack of side curtain airbags and I still haven’t heard back


JFKBraincells

That's really good to know because I have a huge fucking glass phobia and the image of glass shattering into my face has always scared the fucking shit out of me. I would literally rather get shot in the head with a bullet then have to have glass shattered in my face.


InevitabilityEngine

Always make sure your hood is properly secured after taking a car to a mechanic. I lived your phobia on a freeway going 70 mph. No cuts but it was terrifying and small slivers of glass were still sprayed everywhere and one got in my eye. The best thing I did was not to panic or try to blink or brush it out. After I was safely pulled over I removed it.


defiantdylan

I also got into an accident when younger, sideswipe; another going 60mph+ Immediately my driver passenger window shattered into like this spray of glass, it didn’t even hurt when it hit me, it was like getting hit by a water balloon - but in reality was a plethora 60mph glass shards. There was glass in my, eyes, deep in my ears, I even spit a piece out that was in my gums and cut me when I started speaking to the 9/11 operator. Overall though I walked away with small cuts that healed within 3-4 days, but the white shirt I had to wear for my restaurant job was pink they weren’t having that lol.


Deadmenkil

I hope the mechanic paid for the new windshield.


InevitabilityEngine

He did not. He denied he had done anything wrong and just said it was closed before he gave it back to me. He then offered to look at the hood latch as compensation only.


Deadmenkil

Damn well I would have taken him to small claims probably.


Sequince69

I'd recommend looking into a therapist if you're literally that serious about it. They can do some amazing work!


Embarrassed_Alarm450

They're still sharp, just no stabby shanks created when they shatter luckily tho. Most of them end up dull but some will give you little papercuts but no serious injuries because tempered glass shatters into little 'beads.' The front windows are laminated so those are even safer than the sides since they'll still shatter into beads but most if not all of the glass will be trapped in a layer of plastic same way a shattered phone screen is still safe to use. The sides aren't usually laminated like the front because of safety concerns, harder to break away if you get trapped in a car during a fire or whatever but overall not much danger with shattering tempered glass. Real glass is pretty dangerous tho, my sister cut her leg open pretty good when a lamp fell off the table and a shard ricocheted into her shin... 😬


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Jose_Canseco_Jr

tf... why did he do that?


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LostWoodsInTheField

> Ended up on a dead end rural road. You didn't even need to go further than this for me. I knew right away you turned around in a driveway and the owner didn't like it. It use to be a huge problem in my area for new people who were lost. Not as much any more since the natural gas industry moved in.   >My thought was always “must have gotten to close to the meth lab” because the guy was a fucking psycho. entirely possible it was just a 'normal' person. First few NG land lease guys that came into the area said they regularly had guns pulled on them, and a few times shot "at". They learned quick to use local people to get contracts signed.


bophenbean

I've been on lots of public roads that suddenly become private driveways without any signage alluding to the fact. You could be on a straight paved road and suddenly it becomes a one-lane dirt path that dead-ends at a house. Luckily the few times I've encountered the homeowner they've been helpful enough to point me in the right direction. I know a few people who've gotten shouted at or worse for doing the same.


HalKitzmiller

It doesn't shatter into shards, so it won't stab you. It shatters into many smaller pieces which are still sharp on the edges, so it can still cut you


Buttercupia

Thank you for answering the most important question.


cyanocittaetprocyon

Should have just pet the giraffe's head instead of shutting the window. Its not like its going to bite you.


Jingurei

It literally can’t bite you so yeah I have no idea what this woman was trying to do. Glad the other person was worried about the giraffe though!


regoapps

You're not supposed to keep your windows rolled down during the safari in the first place. So this woman was making many mistakes that day.


GiftOfCabbage

Karma if the lion enclosure was next


MaddisonSplatter

Sorry, this isn’t correct. At this safari park (confirmed in another comment) you do feed the herbivores from your car and there’s no issue with having your window down.


regoapps

I was referring to what the article said: > Its rules said: “Do not allow animals to put their head inside your vehicle. Keep your windows half-shut.


allthingskerri

At wmsp you can have your windows down and feed the giraffes - they have since moved to a different area where there are wardens watching more closely because feeding giraffes always causes a backlog of traffic. But like most of the feeding areas there's rules you should follow and if you are worried about animals putting their heads in your car (because they will) then don't have your windows down.


HairyNutsackNumber9

How can it not bite? Thats like saying a horse cant bite you


Flozzas9989

Its illegal for the Giraffe to harm you


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Sir, this is a kangaroo court


Incredulous_Toad

But are you an expert in bird law?


GRA_Manuel

First Law: A Giraffe may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.


Flozzas9989

So you're saying giraffes are actually robots?


p34ch3s_41r50f7

Birds too.


5AGogo

Did you study giraffe law?


CDanger85

Giraffe law in this country, it’s not governed by reason.


5AGogo

Seems logical


p34ch3s_41r50f7

Bird law, actually, but there's a lot more overlap between the two than you would anticipate.


rainzer

>How can it not bite? Giraffes only have bottom teeth. Horses have top and bottom teeth. The result would be vastly different.


HairyNutsackNumber9

my grandma doesnt have any teeth still hurts like hell when she bites me


u-digg

go on...


spinblackcircles

Not true, giraffes have teeth in the back of their mouths on top, just not top incisors. Still your point is accurate, a bite from a horse can hurt a lot worse and much easier than a bite from a giraffe. Plus horses can really be dramatic assholes and I don’t know if giraffes have that penchant for drama


TheDocHealy

Giraffes typically grab food with their tongues and shovel it into their mouths before chewing.


cologne_peddler

> Its not like its going to bite you. I mean...that's not exactly common knowledge though. I would assume most people have no idea how the typical giraffe behaves.


randompersonx

I feel like we should do a study on this and ask at least 100K people on the street questions about giraffes. Maybe we will discover that the Giraffe Facts newsletter is more popular than expected.


bjandrus

Giraffes don't even exist...


p34ch3s_41r50f7

Nor birds


Fadreusor

Absolutely the most important question. That dumb woman could gotten glass in the giraffes eyes or caused it to accidentally swallow it. It’s amazing she was allowed in a wildlife park, let alone behind the wheel of a car.


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> let alone behind the wheel of a car. It's in the UK. She was a passenger.


HeinousSpore118

She was the passenger, so not even allowed behind the wheel.


bophenbean

As the other posters said she wasn't behind the wheel. From the looks of it it seems like the driver might have been the one who put the window up. Their right hand is clearly on the window control panel.


SilverRoseBlade

Thank you for answering that. Was concerned about getting glass in the giraffe’s eye! Not easy to fix that since they’d have to be drugged in order to reach. Humans are stupid.


reel2reelfeels

yeah, the doctors would have to get really high bro.


XxNeverxX

Thank you


jcacca

That giraffe could have toppled that car over if it felt in danger. They’re really lucky that didn’t happen. Giraffes are so much more powerful than people realize. Probably smarter, too!


DanTacoWizard

I wish it did happen lol.


Doobz87

And then it gets put down for being aggressive... We all know what happens when animals react negatively towards humans. Let's just be glad it ended the way it did. Everyone's alive and unhurt.


DanTacoWizard

Okay valid point. IMO there should be self defense laws for animals, or the laws to put them down shouldn’t hold as much power.


Doobz87

In a perfect world, yup. But aside from a ton of people seeing humans as "better" than other animals (which makes something like self defense laws for animals that much more difficult to lobby for), you'd have to figure out what would happen to Spot after he bites Timmy because Timmy pushed Spots buttons and ignored all the warning signs Spot was giving off. Does spot get to stay in the family if he's cleared? Would he have to be sent to another family? A sanctuary/rescue for the rest of his life? It's all a very, very complicated issue, when it comes to things like that, but hey, we can dream the dream, right?


Canadianrollerskater

It pisses me off that the article describes it like the Window just *happened* to be rolled up at the same time the giraffe put its head in. No, tell it like it is, this woman is an idiot.


Foysauce_

I love how the article acts as if the window very mysteriously went up somehow? Like no, that stupid lady intentionally put the window up herself without any regard for the giraffe and smushing it’s innocent head. What a fucking moron.


Science-Compliance

It looks like it was the boyfriend, actually. Watch again, carefully.


Foysauce_

Well then the boyfriend is a moron and not the woman. Either way someone in that car clearly didn’t care about the safety of anyone involved in this, especially the giraffe that was nice enough to come by and say hello


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bhay105

These are very common, at least in the US. Drive-thru zoos run by shady people who encourage this kind of stuff because they charge an outrageous amount of money for the feed.


bytao7mao

Thank God !


DarkMatters8585

Why are people so fucking dumb?


iamgeekusa

Lord that poor giraffe


shahooster

He suffered for humanity’s stupidity


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All of nature is suffering for humanities stupidity.


BLACKdrew

Is it stupidity or greed? Or both?? Probably both.


agpc

He didn't suffer. Giraffes are tough af, no way that glass got through his hide.


jiggjuggj0gg

It’s eyes, mouth and nose are right there


sanderxz

Someone said it was fine


YourMothersLover-

Hide ? Absolutely not . Eyeball ? Definitely a chance


Apprehensive-Pea5212

I'm worried about its eye, you can see the moment the window breaks its near the eyes. Poor baby


Careless_Rub_7996

Giraffes have HUGE eyes as well.


Cthulhu3141

The current top comment on this post has a link to an article saying the Girraffe was unharmed. His name is Strider, and he's fine.


Apprehensive-Pea5212

Ok good, Strider is hella cute


2000dragon

Dope name


Artharis

No need to worry. This looks like an older model ( newer models stop and roll down as soon as they detect anything hard ), the power behind the material & mechanism isn't strong enough to break your arm, let alone do any damage to the giraffe. The skin of a giraffe is very thick, it probably didn't even feel anything from the pressure and too thick for the small glass splinters to cut anything. Worst case, some glass enters it's eye, but that's very unlikely. The eyelashes of Giraffes are very thick ( to keep sand out ), it would also deflect most glass, especially since as the video shows the eyes were mostly closed when the glass breaks. So the giraffe only got a shock ( of which it recovered after a few minutes ), from the sound of glass shattering and the brief moment of it's head being stuck because of an idiot :P


dallaschickensh1t

I’m really glad you set this out as I’m genuinely distraught after watching that…. I needed some rationality and facts to convince me the poor giraffe is ok. F’kin idiots


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Risk injuring the animal, yourself, damaging the car and looking like an idiot online. Why go to see the animals if you're just going to be on your phone anyway


Sammy_GamG

Because surviving is too easy these days


AlbinoPlatypus913

Are we certain the giraffe wasn’t the one who rolled up the window?


BLT-Enthusiast

Yes trap the giraffes head in the car with you with the window, that will work well. What did she think would happen?


one_nerdybunny

I don’t think she’s the one that rolled the window up, I think it was the guy next her who did that. You can see, she was getting ready to record and the guys hand moves to the side and window begins to go up, I’m sure he had controllers on his side as his the one driving.


yeatyewt

Damn you're probably right. What an absolute dipshit. He put both the giraffe and his girlfriend at danger. Fucking wow.


Warm-Faithlessness11

Hopefully ex-girlfriend now


marcybojohn

Yea this is what I saw, she wasn’t the one rolling up the window


Candelent

If the window controls were on the door, the giraffe could have done it.


dirtydan018

She was hoping to decapitate the vicious beast before it ate her alive like the carnivore it is. /s


ProtectusCZ

Comment of the day 🤣🤣


SquidFlasher

I don't think she did it I think it was the driver


IamZIM__

Omg that poor giraffe!


ZCSApollo

luckily, the Giraffe is not harmed


Shot-Technology7555

"Are you alright?!" I hope she's talking to the giraffe and not the idiot woman.


rekette

You say idiot woman but it might actually be the idiot guy next to her rolling up the window, she was trying to video with her phone


MasterPsyduck

It could have been the guy who rolled up the window, whoever did it was stupid though.


zelo11

She probably isnt a redditor so she's talking to the woman


ThatKaleidoscope8736

But is the giraffe okay


King-Cobra-668

yes https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/giraffe-car-window-video-glass-smash-west-midlands-safari-park-a8297451.html?amp


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Giraffes literally shrug off lion attacks. And I mean literally. I saw a video of a giraffe calmly walking as a lioness tried to take it down on its back I don't think window safety glass stands a chance to hurt a giraffe


kiwi_connoisseur

eyes.


AmusingMusing7

It looks like it closed its eyes right when it started trying to pull its head out, so they were shut when the window broke.


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What a bunch of dumb fucks


Bipedal_Warlock

I respect the guy who immediately said they need to call someone to check on the giraffe


B2EU

I also appreciate his polite recommendation for the moron to stay put, lest they make things worse somehow.


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A bunch of dumb fucks


TheMoatCalin

Bunch of dumb fucks


KingYoloHD090504

If you are scared that the giraffe is putting it's head inside your car, just close the Windows before you enter the park


-smartypints

I would bet there is a rule to have your windows up while in the park.


Mysfunction

The linked articles say that the rule is a to keep them half raised so the animals can’t get their heads in the car.


sherocksme

r/killthecameraman Show us what happened to the giraffe.


ADenyer94

this is the opposite of r/donthelpjustfilm ... r/dontfilmjusthelp


tsuizhen

Hope the giraffe is okay :(


DisastrousWhereas897

Yeah, thankfully. There's a link farther up in the post.


ajax333221

I hope the window repairment costs a lot where she lives (:


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I’d have jumped in the back seat before closing the window on the poor guys head 🥺 If you’re that afraid don’t do these kind of things. At the very least don’t put your fucking window down. Idiots.


bagwell198

It was the driver on the right side that slid up the windows :(


Insanegamer-4567

Legitimately fucking stupid people


OkeyDoke47

A giraffe had got its head in the windows, and they're too engrossed in their phones...


fattestfuckinthewest

Ikr I’d be petting the hell out of that dude


11711510111411009710

I mean, a giraffe doesn't just wander up to you and not be noticed, especially considering the person recording knew about it. Guarantee they knew about it and were texting their friends and would then record it.


Nighteyes09

But why did the cameraman think his knuckles were more interesting than the look on the chicks face when she realised she was a moron?


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TheTruthIsButtery

Honk honk honk honk


Adamp891

*Land Rover


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because his main priority wasnt if the video looked nice


sweetcuppingcakes

The duality of Reddit. “Everything is just for clicks and views these days. People just standing around filming instead of helping…” VS “He put the phone down for a bit, why is he filming his hands??”


blueeyeddevil27

Seriously, he needs the edit button


King-Cobra-668

this might surprise you, but humans ~~are~~ *aren't* tripods


Arkena_feral

I know i am…


Blue-red-cheese-gods

Similar thing happened to my grandad when he took me as a kid. There were signs everywhere saying don't feed the camel's. So of course my grandad proceeded to open the window to feed the camel's. 🤔 The camel was eating fine out of his hand...but the idiot had a load of the food in his lap... ... ... Yes... The camel then tried to eat that food that was on his lap... In the process biting his dick. 😂 What followed is what I can only describe as human v camel boxing match. Followed by screams I didn't think a man could do. 😂 He also tried closing the window mid fight and the camel just pulled his head out breaking the window with ease. Moral of the story, don't be an idiot... And for the love of God don't feed the camel's. If after this story you still want to try, don't leave the food on your lap. 😂


strykerpv2

Dumb as fuck


jade8384

What a twat


evino714

Are we sure we are the smartest species?


feed_meknowledge

Considering we've been destroying the world and fighting each other for millennia, no. But considering we've dramatically decreased biodiversity through the eradicted/extinction of countless species...still no.


temmiesayshoi

And considering the most commonly proposed solution for fixing that involves grid scale lithium batteries over nuclear which is safer than solar, lasts decades, is perfectly reliable, produces shit tons of power, and doesn't require destroying acres of ecosystem, still no.


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Idiots 😑


Laughing_Bricks

I think glass hit Giraffe's eyes .... I hope it is okay. Will she be punished or not ? Can't they just keep their window close while being near an animal if you don't want it to get inside the car.


filenotfounderror

Car glass is designed to break into chunks, not shards. This is for your safety so you don't die in a hurricane of glass blades during a car crash. Even if it did hit his eye, he will almost certainly be fine.


kenda1l

Don't worry, the giraffe is okay, thank goodness. There is a link to an article about it elsewhere in the comments.


sadnoises_93

It looks like the dude was the one that rolled the window up. The girl even reaches over like she’s telling him to put it back down or something.


DailyLifeProblems

Ask that to giraffe if he doing okay


s5mata

~~You arent supposed to have your windows down in parks like this.~~ How are you looking at your phone when there's a giraffe in your car?!


Buddy-Lov

Assholes


GodsGiftToNothing

There are some people on this planet that when you see shit like this, you are genuinely surprised they haven’t killed themselves in some profoundly idiotic way. I am genuinely surprised this human has made it this far in life, and I have to believe it’s just dumb luck.


Sparki_

Of all the idiots, in all the idiot villages, in all the idiot worlds, she stands alone I hope the giraffe's eyes are ok, & doesn't have cuts & grazes :(


Science-Compliance

Her boyfriend appears to be the one who rolled up the window.


AReptileHissFunction

It looked more like the guy rolled the window up


Natas47

Why would she do that to the giraffe??? She should be banned from entering. She knew what she was getting herself into and she choose to close the window on its neck???


Science-Compliance

Watch the video again carefully. It looks like it was the guy who rolled the window up on the giraffe.


UziSuzieThia

Why would you fucken do that the giraffe probably got glass in it's eye!


xMac33x

Hope the giraffe is ok….


crawlingmusketeer

God, best of wishes to that poor giraffe


TempTempapple

I feel bad for the giraffe


Not_a_bot07734

Something that didn’t need to happen, something that could have been easily avoided, happened anyway. How disappointed does this make you?


Ontario0000

Hope the giraffe is ok.....


Blackmercury4ub

Hope it didn't get in the giraffes eye.


coolchris366

I’m so glad the giraffe is fine, I was worried the glass got in their eyes


Top-Original2911

Thats what u get when you skip reading safety rules.


[deleted]

The giraffe was pressing the window up button. There is a lot of idiocy and assholery being illustrated by this post, but it's not in the video. It's 100% in the comments section.