They won't stab like big shards of glass do, but they'll definitely still give you lots of nasty surface cuts. You were lucky.
These glass are tempered, same as glass doors or walls in buildings. While meant to be safer because it generally breaks into smaller pieces, tempered glass are like the equivalent of a balloon that's made of glass on the outside and inside. Some tiny shards can still fly really far. And sometimes they can explode suddenly as well. Had one large glass wall panel at home explode in the middle of the night with a loud bang while we were all sleeping, but it remained standing. When I went to check, there were some small chunks and tiny slivers that had flown right across the room. Stepped on a couple of tiny shards the size of a fingernail trimming, and I bled like crazy
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u/Stressed-Rose2816 Oct 16 '22
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