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Giraffe plucks a 2-year-old toddler out of a pickup truck at Texas wildlife park — then puts her back! (video) [1]

['Carla Sinclair']

Date: 2024-06-05  

A giraffe scared a Texas family as much as the family scared the giraffe when it plucked a toddler right out of a pickup truck at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center.

The family had stopped to admire the graceful creature, and even offered it some snacks, with the two-year-old girl's mother saying, "You want to feed the giraffe?"

Meanwhile, the tall vegetarian took one look at the tiny human and perhaps mistook her for an exotic shrub, lifting her up a few feet before realizing its mistake. All it took was a firm "Hey!" from the child's mother, and the giraffe dropped her back into the truck. (See both videos below to see the entire interaction, posted by Fort Worth Star Telegram and KWTX News 10.)

Fortunately, nobody was hurt, and in fact, the toddler marched straight to the gift center before leaving the park to buy herself — you guessed it — a stuffed giraffe.

🦒WHOA! 😲 The family of this Central Texas toddler will be sharing this memory for the rest of their lives! Isabella Quintanilla has the story of this now famous little one who experienced this funny encounter with a giraffe. The story – today in our evening newscasts. pic.twitter.com/La9BH68mes — KWTX News 10 (@kwtx) June 3, 2024

See more giraffe posts on Boing Boing here.

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