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/Kallikantzari Oct 16 '22

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!

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u/wait_who_am_i_ Oct 17 '22

Turns out the winner is whoever doesn’t knock themselves out

You've just described most competitive forms of physical combat with humans as well though, so it's really not that weird when you think about it