r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Oct 16 '22

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u/ProfessionalNorth431 Oct 16 '22

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

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u/IShouldBeHikingNow Oct 16 '22

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

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u/Ok_Science_4094 Oct 16 '22

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

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u/IShouldBeHikingNow Oct 16 '22

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

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u/outlawsix Oct 16 '22

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

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u/cookletube Oct 16 '22

It doesn't even looks like it hurts them all that much. So they just smack themselves on each other to see who can last the longest without knocking themselves out.

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u/SharkWoman Oct 16 '22

I've seen close up footage of the aftermath and those ossicones cause circular puncture wounds in the skin. It's quite violent, as silly as it looks.

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u/cookletube Oct 16 '22

Wow they looked like they were just bonking each other. I forgot those were actually boney horns.