{"id":34248,"date":"2026-07-22T22:35:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=34248"},"modified":"2026-07-22T22:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:35:31","slug":"giraffe-grabs-visitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=34248","title":{"rendered":"Giraffe grabs visitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A startling moment at a zoo has gone viral after a giraffe grabbed a female visitor by her shirt and briefly lifted her off the ground during what appeared to be a feeding encounter.<\/p>\n<p>The footage shows the woman hanging in the air as people nearby quickly rush to help. A staff member is also seen close to the scene, responding as the unexpected incident unfolds. Fortunately, the woman appears to have escaped without serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>While giraffes are generally considered calm and gentle animals, they are incredibly strong. The incident serves as an important reminder that visitors should always follow zoo safety guidelines and staff instructions when interacting with wildlife.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the full video to see what happened.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-video\"><span class=\"mejs-offscreen\">Video Player<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"mep_0\" class=\"mejs-container mejs-container-keyboard-inactive wp-video-shortcode mejs-ios mejs-iphone mejs-video\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"application\" aria-label=\"Video Player\">\n<div class=\"mejs-inner\">\n<div class=\"mejs-mediaelement\"><video id=\"video-8838-1_html5\" class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" src=\"http:\/\/funvibes99.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SaveInst.App_AQNkeJNo1iiiRcXcaXmF0be3bDr0ERhpe5sPpqpoNMtlIJj6mHW-BVybLMO5B0_nYgOTpTNs7rruq-AcqzjcocdgFeNZCvI-tOhFJ30.mp4?_=1\" preload=\"metadata\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" data-origwidth=\"720\" data-origheight=\"1280\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/video><\/div>\n<div class=\"mejs-layers\">\n<div class=\"mejs-overlay mejs-layer mejs-overlay-play\">\n<div class=\"mejs-overlay-button\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play\" aria-pressed=\"false\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mejs-controls\">\n<div class=\"mejs-button mejs-playpause-button mejs-play\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mejs-time mejs-currenttime-container\" role=\"timer\" aria-live=\"off\"><span class=\"mejs-currenttime\">00:00<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"mejs-time-rail\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mejs-time mejs-duration-container\"><span class=\"mejs-duration\">00:15<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"mejs-button mejs-fullscreen-button\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A startling moment at a zoo has gone viral after a giraffe grabbed a female visitor by her shirt and briefly lifted her off the ground during what appeared to be a feeding encounter. The footage shows the woman hanging in the air as people nearby quickly rush to help. A staff member is also&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=34248\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Giraffe grabs visitor&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34249,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34248\/revisions\/34249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}