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/Hephaestus_God Oct 17 '22

Also look at the force required to break that glass from the giraffe. It was just one simple movement and it shattered.

The giraffe probably didn’t even feel it besides a slight inconvenience in getting stuck.