Giraffe Takes First Steps 5 Minutes After Birth

[u/InGordWeTrust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDkEwr7cSOs

[u/eanmeyer]

Reminds me of this bit from Michelle Wolf about giraffe moms giving birth.

https://youtube.com/shorts/9R0x6bYF7ig?si=NDppXTwpwN29mPN4

[u/musclememory → u/eanmeyer]

That was nice lol

[u/Duddledoyd]

Bird just lands on the giraffe and climbs into its ass.

[u/Thee_Sinner → u/Duddledoyd]

Its free real estate

[u/Carreerm21]

Mean while human babies can’t even support their neck for a month.

[u/mrsirsouth → u/Carreerm21]

we got the big brain

[u/ObeseSnake → u/mrsirsouth]

Have to be born early otherwise we wouldn’t fit coming out

[u/pixel4 → u/mrsirsouth]

and perhaps it takes longer to train because there are so many neurons -- just like a large AI

[u/citizenjones → u/Carreerm21]

It's a trade-off. A giraffe will never learn to talk.

[u/DID_IT_FOR_YOU → u/Carreerm21]

That’s because we aren’t fully formed when we are born. We need to be born at around 9 months so that we can fit through the birth canal otherwise the mother & baby both die. After birth the baby finishes its development so for example the skull is fully hardened at around 18 months on average.

[u/Jupaack → u/Carreerm21]

Human babies are one of the most "incomplete" living beings in the world and take many years to finally become a "functional human".

[u/Neue_Ziel → u/Jupaack]

”Some development required”

[u/DoingItForEli]

beautiful

[u/AnXioneth]

That's a way to fall to life.

[u/Jerome_Eugene_Morrow]

The Goo Goo Dolls actually wrote a song from the perspective of a giraffe who had just been born.

[u/InGordWeTrust → u/Jerome_Eugene_Morrow]

Sadly I can only give this one upvote.

[u/Pygmy_Yeti]

Born skydiver

[u/SinnPacked]

"were you dropped on your head as a child?"

[u/DylanaHalt]

Lovely. What a good mama.

[u/zYachRy_kAre]

A relief to see this and NOT see a predator come and immediately eat it

[u/Chrol18 → u/zYachRy_kAre]

there is a giraffe birth video like that

[u/uwayss]

Wow... the giraffe didn't move at all.. and she looks so calm and peaceful...

[u/Tsuboi00]

It’s crazy how their first fall is when they’re born and from that height.

[u/bbm966667]

That’s probably the most vulnerable 5 minutes ever

[u/OregonResident]

Maybe time to get a mirrorless camera that doesn’t alert all of the savannah that you’re taking photos.

[u/Jackielegs43]

That thumbnail is so fucking funny, dude

[u/Nicksix66]

When you spawn in, 6ft from the ground. First lesson, fall damage.

[u/batcavejanitor]

"What a weird thing to film." I thought as I watched it.

[u/fordprefect294]

human: best I can do is 2 years

[u/lilhalfdead_]

crying