High Diving Giraffes

[@kateih2023]

My grandpa passed away 4 days ago. This video will always remind me of the happy moments with him. He would send out email chains to everyone he knew, myself included (his granddaughter) with random articles or videos attached. This was one of his favorites. He said once, “I didn’t know they could train giraffes to do this.” No one ever told him this was animated. He was so loving and selfless. He always put his family before himself. He was so kind and so pure. He was an expert woodworker, and I have a box in my room that he gifted me last year. He woodworked and golfed right up to the end. He was a proud member of the Masonic Lodge, and was buried with their sacred items. He lived a good life; 93 years. He is deeply missed and I hope one day in the far future I will see him again. Grandma misses you. Your kids miss you. Your grandchildren miss you. And your great grandchildren miss you. We love you grandpa.

[@KapilSingh-f6d]

@stop RIP!

[@jakethecarsandreactorvideo9409]

This video was published the day my grandpa died R.I.P

[@vpoulos3107]

so sorry to hear about your loss, he left a beautiful legacy in you

[@Soloman_Gumball]

Oh, thought you was going to say he was a CGI giraffe, that's why it reminded you of him.

[@carols7916]

You will see him again. I’m sure of it. I would say that I am sorry for you loss… but you have not lost anything. You are richer and privileged for having this wonderful being in your life. Don’t ever forget that. He lives on through you and with you. ❤️ P.S. Its one of my favorite videos as well😊

[@YahyeAli123]

I can’t believe this animation is 8 years old already, I still remember when I was a small child and seeing this video on KZbin. The animation looks still fantastic after so many years :)

[@EpicEric25]

Same😭 although I’m not sure if it was still less than a year old when I saw it

[@meeshais]

I remember when it came out and I just remember the times of watching it with my parents and friends

[@jughead18sp]

It came out when I was born

[@itzwinniethebacon8210]

IKRR, It's so good young me even thought it was real

[@thhomasmarks]

Thats so cool!

[@jh4490]

I don't care if you are giraffes, you know the rules: 1: No running on deck 2: No drinking from the pool itself

[@gunnardahl6774]

Deli Sammich

[@unidentifieduser6135]

Deli Sammich XD

[@jh4490]

Yes?

[@5FrogRock]

No peeing in the pool, please.

[@daveworkmanlike1101]

So true

[@nessaann27]

I'm glad someone decided this should be a thing and made it a thing cause this needed to be a thing and now that its a thing it's an awesome thing.

[@jakefink680]

The thing about this thing is that this thing is a fake thing, but nonetheless an entertaining thing that people type things enjoy watching on screen like things they hold in there whatchamacallit thing there..Hand! That's the thing I'm looking for!!

[@furkan556]

What am I doing here? I have a test tomorrow and here I am watching giraffes diving

[@becca.hailey]

Same!!!!

[@tangogrrl]

+furkan556 I bet you passed, too, didn't you? :)

[@originaldcjensen]

+furkan556 Better than having a trig midterm tomorrow and being chased by Guido the killer pimp.

[@unidentifieduser6135]

furkan556 same xd

[@Rr0mantiek]

no shit

[@nicholasb8163]

My grandma just sent this to me and she thinks its real

[@ohhhhhhmygodbecky]

+Nicholas B For me it was my Papa! Hah.

[@abigailliebregt3528]

Haha ya my grandpa sent this to me😂

[@chickennuggetstyle7072]

+Nicholas B My grandpa

[@spencerwells2496]

are you me?

[@straighto.compton9336]

+Nicholas B same here

[@extra2662]

LMAO im dead my mom keeps telling me this is real when i try telling her its not. Shes so amused

[@iamnotthatguy7166]

My grandma thought the exact same thing I was laughing so hard and she didn’t understand

[@loganjohnson8010]

Nicholas B

[@julianaalcantara3595]

Oxeee

[@julianaalcantara3595]

O que é

[@msjude9332]

I am so intrigued by these animals. I don't care if it is animation. It puts me in awe of the grace and magnificence of these creatures. Love watching it.

[@Skip2105]

The sound of their hooves is so satisfying

[@flipflopflopflip1861]

its not really

[@reubencaldwell8494]

It's straight-up therapeutic.

[@CathodeRayKobold]

People say Japan has the market on weird cornered, but France has a totally different kind of weird.

[@echocloud1339]

I get a strange sense of sadness, loneliness and nostalgia with this video

[@kbox8745]

My 84 year-old mother just called me all excited and says, "Did you know giraffes can swim & dive are are acrobatic?" I thought to myself, "Oh shit, she's back on her scotch oh my God, maybe she's smoking something!" I didn't answer her and just gave a long pause... She then says, "Hurry! Go check your e-mail". I sat down at my computer, watched this video and about peed myself from laughing so hard! Great video & animation, nonetheless. Now I have to call mom back and break the bews to her- LMAO!

[@thhomasmarks]

Oh let her be, it's not hurting anyone and besides, it gives her something magical to believe in like we did when Santa and the Easter Bunny fueled our imaginations-

[@crys227]

"So what did you do today?" "i made an animation.." "Oh! What was it about?" "diving giraffes....." "..." "..." "..." "do you want to see it?"

[@fredleslie8539]

lol

[@Mirandamoose]

Omg. Spectacular animation. Very amusing take on one of earth’s most beautiful, adorable, gentle and shy species, the noble Giraffe.

[@marilynjackson3457]

This is amazing. I keep watching it over and over again. I just can't believe that giraffes can be trained like that

[@Jules-so6lz]

It's actually animated but the animators did an amazing job!

[@birdedtemple]

@@Jules-so6lz no it not

[@DarkestDeeds]

@@birdedtemple Yes it is.

[@MarcelATX]

@@birdedtemple "nO iT noTtTTTT"

[@ariezz951]

It not real you mother fucking bitch

[@gh-tu5jx]

This is the type of videos that my grandma send me

[@7777LORENZO]

why all the negativity. It is lighthearted.loved it.made me smile

[@sevendyd7695]

Ya

[@EdaliaDayCreative]

They're very well trained. Giraffes are notoriously difficult to train to swim, let alone dive.

[@MikeEmmet]

Edward Day Computer animated giraffes, however, are much easier to train. And cheaper to feed too!

[@EdaliaDayCreative]

I don't know, I've tried it and the treats I gave them kept getting stuck in the usb port.

[@MikeEmmet]

Edward Day The trick is to buy virtual treats online. Then they're already in there.

[@shaepae]

That's why you only use giraffes who are on a diet. They don't want any treats; they just want to work out.

[@leabelledolphysa3621]

Lol to all of these comments! This is funny answer ^_^

[@mpxmp4]

The process of watching this video: I'm bored and this looks interesting just a hall giraffes are finally here that's a long line are they... yep they are wat Why is this a thing? I'm just done

[@sarahbuchel8534]

Exactly my thoughts 😂

[@leabelledolphysa3621]

Booo! Your are in the line of robotic human slavation... BOOO! You are not open to the imagination WEIRD world = Just too bad! Who care? I FEEL split in half for live in such BIG REALITY FABRIC that is just boring me... I am LIVING in my dream... I don't wanna live this reality. THIS Girafe cliff jumping mean just EVERY THING what I live for. "You don't know me.... You are bad to it!" "Common, let's do a last ride" "Let's stay hungry!" "My pocket is never empty, man! We better stay hungry of what our heart desire, so I've decide so!" I'm alive movie inside of a movie, you can't know what is that movie, because you never been in that movie, so you don't remember from witch movie you came from! = LOL I've mess your head! ^_^

[@Sanngot]

OMG No running on deck! What would happen if one of them slipped and broke their neck? Where are the life guards? This is a clear pool safety violation!

[@mollybomacfarlane7642]

LOL!

[@LazyJesse]

this is a animation, if you didn't know

[@jh4490]

I know right! On top of that, they clearly shouldn't have been drinking from that pool, who knows what people do in there?

[@Metal4Ever789]

I can tell,their necks would snap if it was real Nice job on the Animation

[@FG-qu3kj]

On my god! Well,no one is worse enough to believe that!

[@fancycat6040]

I came here after 6 years because I had the very faintest memory of watching this.

[@williambenner5550]

Wow...Computer animation has come a long way! It looks so real!

[@luangartixa2]

I do not think so, I came in the comments because I suspected that their walk was strange, it was very similar.

[@gloriab357]

Notice that at 2:14 to about 2:22, you can see through the windows giraffes running outside the building.

[@NymphetaminexXxGrrrl]

I could tell it was computer animated right away, though that was more due to the behaviour and movements of the giraffes, as opposed to the actual imagery. Either way it was funny and cute, and someone must have spent a lot of time on this :D

[@imexclusiv9742]

No shit...

[@garrydavey5942]

because i see giraffes in swimming pools all the time! lol

[@AliceGrover]

LOL Right!! hahaha to funny!!

[@Ms012025]

+Dax Daily Man me too

[@Xenospire]

not enough time though, giraffes have no assholes.

[@peekaboet]

I love this video. I know it is fake,but it did make me love giraffes. They have an elegance I never noticed.😁

[@dvulpis29]

What am I doing with my life.

[@5771DraLu]

+Dominick Vulpis I am thinking about the same! It´s wonderful!

[@unidentifieduser6135]

Dominick Vulpis XD

[@miriambarkan3199]

I also ask myself that......😁😂

[@beckymoses4397]

Idk what are u doing with your life?

[@kame3077]

undertale

[@casey8270]

I don't know why this came to be, but I'm just happy it exists.

[@maryellendempsey8367]

Fascinating, that's a huge job of making this look so real. Some of the music is very reminiscent of a Disney production.

[@rolie9403]

time to leave this part of youtube. jesus christ what the hell am i watching

[@unit-0-]

You haven't even stepped beyond the looking glass: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jn21Z2RqoMyYatk

[@Hopersz85]

Same lol

[@julee2155]

Watch the language yo

[@cheedwards1489]

Aye dont say jesus's name in vain

[@flootzavut]

Most surreal thing I've watched in a really long time...

[@hehedodo]

My science teacher played this for us a while back when we were waiting for dismissal without context. I don’t know why but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@GuyMcPherson69]

That really gave me the poolrooms vibe.

[@benfuevg5994]

My grandma just told me she saved me over 1,000,000 dollars by sharing this live performance and now i owe her.....

[@lmbarak]

Absolutely adorable! In the world of animation, anything is possible!!

[@decamjoman]

This is real art and fantastic humor !!! Congrat !!!

[@danielleleithauser839]

This was great! Of course it's not real, let's not be silly! Enjoy it for the awe, the fun and the crearivity!

[@RosstorWho]

The only problem is we all know Giraffes aren't real xD

[@randyw.9916]

RosstorWho I know what you mean. If this were High Diving Unicorns I might believe it.

[@mabel8880]

+RosstorWho Giraffes are not yet extinct.

[@drinx8495]

Mabel Ƥιηєѕ and/woooosh

[@noabsolutelynot3660]

@@equestrianpreyer9330 bro. Go on Reddit and look up r/giraffesarentreal. It's a running gag. Also try r/woosh while you're at it.

[@dlorahgothard4341]

RosstorWho incorec

[@krowstagvulan8395]

my mom sent me this and she thought its real, cant believe so many other parents/grandparents around the world think the same, says a lot about the older generation

[@stp479]

Yes! They're from an era where possibilities were limitless!

[@DrSolStjerne]

Excuse me, OLDER generation?? I was born in 1960 and I recognized this was CGI instantly. I would take issue with your comment, however for the most part you are probably correct. Beginning in 1978, I was employed by The Boeing Co. for over 25 years. During the 1990s, I was on the small team of technical illustrators who created the first 3D computer animation where one could literally fly through the "new" Boeing 777 simply by moving a mouse. The operator could simply turn at any time to see the wiring layouts along the fuselage, etc. Our presentation even made the local evening news. We used the same system as was used to build the Jurassic Park dinosaurs. We used "FlyThru" software on a Unix-based system. So there, you!! (kidding!-- just not about my career.)

[@DrSolStjerne]

@@stp479 Hello! This is true. Boomers were the end of the lucky ones, where one income was enough to support a family, and college didn't cost as much as a small house these days. My kids are both millennials and I really feel sympathy for all of them/you!!

[@angiejshin]

Well my mom (born in 1952) sent me this and she thinks this is real. I know this is animated (it’s in credits at the end ) but I don’t want to tell her that this is not real 😢

[@Lisa-ym1si]

How have I lived this long without this video?

[@83optics]

their synchronized-swimming routine is even better! if this doesn't get you pumped up for Rio next year, nothing will.

[@obamaNFTS]

LMFAO my mom thought this was real!

[@johnjykim71]

Lol mine too

[@Wishbringer7]

Why we can no longer believe video surveillance tapes. ;D

[@nancyrouse8287]

These giraffes jumping in the pool I think it’s adorable the cutest thing I’ve ever stayed on iPhone

[@thunderpie94]

I still think about this animation, 8 years later

[@Moss-fs2wy]

this is all I ever wanted in life

[@madisynbabb]

thanks to my math teacher I'm watching this instead of doing my homework

[@nightsnaake]

I have to say, computerized animation keeps getting more realistic. It won't be long before we can't tell the difference. By that point, of course, we won't be able to trust anything we see on video.

[@danfs]

I'm surprised there aren't any fans at these events. Looks like great fun.

[@JoanLaine]

Love this. I've seen it before but it's worth watching again and again and again.

[@JoanLaine]

Very soothing *****. And giraffes are truly this gracious.

[@JoanLaine]

I've never seen one diving either :-)

[@BradEsau]

Fun! Pretty good CG work too.

[@JoanLaine]

I love his elephant animation too Brad Esau, they just make you want to join in. What is CG work?

[@BradEsau]

It generally means Computer Generated effects or animation. For what I'm assuming is a pretty small studio, it's pretty impressive. Or maybe the technology is just advancing that much! (in that more powerful CG tools are becoming more affordable and accessible to the smaller guys and not just the Pixars, et al)

[@vankleiner5738]

Somebody has waaaaay too much time on their hands.

[@billyok78]

Seriously. These giraffes need to get a job already.

[@paullowe4732]

It's a demo by teh production company that shows how realistic their work is

[@margretrosenberg420]

Look at the credits; this took an entire team to produce, and Paul Lowe is right that it's obviously a demo. And I would bet that the company has acquired a good many new customers because of it.

[@fredleslie8539]

@@billyok78 cgi

[@alissam3675]

This is the cutest thing ever

[@AndreasWernerReiske]

Total süß, wie »die Kleene« die Überwachungskamera zu küssen versucht ... Herrlich & Dank fürs Teilen ....

[@The.Sewer.Weasel]

This was like the first thing I had ever watched on KZbin

[@davidettinger6246]

Absolutely hilarious! I love this video, clever, funny, and great video chicanery. I love real giraffes, ones I've observed in zoos and through the media. In the most basic accounts of their behavior and anatomy, "high diving" and "swimming", would be the least likely things they would ever be able to achieve. Even in this day and age, there is little proof they can swim at all, although some believe they might be able to float.

[@serikczarnecki6069]

jeheuhby

[@lolatomroflsinnlos]

Are you telling me that a giraffe just happens to dive like that? No! He orchestrated it!

[@thhomasmarks]

At about 3:47 that was a full twisting reverse two and a half (with the twist on the first rotation). I know that dive, I've done it many, many times- the animators obviously have personal springboard diving experience

[@sumanranjanchand9596]

This is one of the costliest show of the World. This show is performed in Australia. These giraffes are highly trained at great expense. It takes 2 years to train a giraffe to overcome the fear of water, and 3 to 4 years to dive into the water. Enjoy watching this Amazing Show! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I got this on whatsapp university

[@daanishaseels7606]

Same

[@vxnommm]

I remember watching this years ago when it came out lol I was so little now I’m confused to why I watched this

[@markusfinski3715]

Do one with Elephants please....

[@walterleipzig]

+MarkUs FinSki vimeo.com/76692543

[@ThunderingEarl]

+MarkUs FinSki I dont think we would see diving elephants... more like cannon balls and belly flops

[@yvonneblake873]

There is one of elephants jumping on a trampoline. kzbin.info/www/bejne/inyVaJSho7yJf5Y

[@michellebaca2594]

So cute & funny! Loved the music too!

[@IonIsFalling7217]

Very glad this is animated

[@rhonda90402]

Wow that was great! So, imaginative and one of my top two favorite animals!

[@ajin420]

Category: "Sports"

[@gofundmo5441]

I remember when this came out I was 3 years old and it was my favorite thing to watch in the world

[@mattreid4514]

Cool animation! If this was a real life sport, it would be crazy!

[@QuynhLe-nn6bm]

Why is this so amusing?

[@imzelo2224]

here from clix's stream

[@dev9940]

same

[@jasmineflower2888]

"Rules are rules, even for kings!" King Dedede:True. BAHHH!!!!! LOOK AT THAT, FLYING GIRAFFE!!!! **cue this video playing**

[@threbos]

Pretty good. 8/10. Water on floor makes it 9/10, giraffe doing a canon ball= 10/10

[@cottonclarksa]

Brilliant! Love the creativity. I had feared that the wonderings of the mind as expressed in cartoons - and nowadays, animation - had atrophied over the generations, bowing to the almighty pursuit of profit. Sometimes, you just need the creative expression without any profit confinement. This is good, real good!

[@pollocklunchlady]

Too bad the film makers didn't research giraffe anatomy before making this. No top front teeth, people!

[@angelamariani7356]

Good spotting!

[@thomas.leitner]

Perhaps giraffes without top front teeth are more likely to drown. Imagine the high water pressure at a mouth first jump and a full water blown giraffe throat XD Evolutionary ;)

[@BernieKendell]

Nicole Verity AND they don't walk left all together then right ! they would FALL OVER!

[@Sandy-Texas-]

Nicole Verity It was made for fun not to be pulled about for frick sakes lol

[@pollocklunchlady]

Sandy spencer Why go through all that trouble and make dumb anatomy mistakes?

[@josephhemingway]

Giraffes' hooves walking sound like galloping horses.

[@amberjackson9660]

I need to be revising but instead I'm watching videos of giraffes high diving... What even is my life

[@Mr420MEME]

WOW I DIDN'T KNOW GIRAFFES COULD DO THIS?!?!?!?

[@IanChai]

420MEME They CAN'T. It's an animation.

[@Mr420MEME]

Ian Chai WOW. REALLY? I HAVE NOT NOTICED. THANKS FOR TELLING ME.

[@Mr420MEME]

DerpingZombie Wow... Just wow.

[@bethanykitties2259]

I didnt know it was an animation either

[@LauraWoods]

Warrior Cat Don't feel bad. I was crying because they were so beautiful!

[@ianhowlett4682]

The one hanging upside down to grab them is a work of genius!

[@alyssam9266]

Happy almost 7 years to this piece of art

[@YahyeAli123]

Fun fact: giraffes are the only mammals that are unable to swim :)

[@MegaElway1]

Haters will say it's fake

[@21kpatriot]

Well it isn't real but I like the video so what would I be?

[@autumn9969]

its a joke lol calm down

[@21kpatriot]

Autumn&ThoseHorses I'm calm.

[@theconqueror1111]

+21kpatriot It is real

[@AndotEgg]

Bomburino Kripperino it is a nation *reel* by the company that was at the start of the video.

[@freddy29228]

Amazing! It looks almost real, that's how good the animation is! Bravo!

[@lemaudit322]

It’s real

[@Jenniferbluefire]

I'm surprised most people can't tell it's animation, hahaha.. It proves to show a lot of people do not watch animals on documentary shows. From the moment they walk along the circular stairs, the way they move it's perfectly digitally animated.

[@hejxnss]

In not kidding I remember watching this in the cinema, they had random short videos playing before the movie and this was one of them.

[@topraktokatlioglu8635]

Am I the only one who just felt like searching “flying giraffe”

[@MKRex]

Toprak Tokatlioglu I was looking for "herds" of giraffe...dunno why 🤣

[@lexik4023]

I was searching for backfliping giraffes

[@plaguerat7877]

This was so cute! They look so real! :0)

[@violet_aesthetixx]

These giraffes are incredibly skilled. I should hire them to perform at my 5-year-old son's birthday.

[@russty2996]

I can’t believe how smart giraffes are to do this it’s amazing

[@onlytexas1]

I thought this was one more circus crap. What a relief. Let's hear it for virtual reality.

[@bellesmom2012]

That was freaking AMAZING! I don't care how it was made it is so cool!

[@emilmarken1304]

Animation on a higher level

[@bavariagirl1]

This is so cool! I love it. I didn't watch it right away, just saved it, because it was real. So fun. Amazing how far animation has come.

[@DavidLeeLewisM]

Why is this not viral?

[@GilbertoCintron1954]

Brilliant! I loved it. Very, very creative. Thanks for sharing this.

[@LincolnTheLabrador]

This is the cutest thing I've ever seen

[@ullamoya8982]

Je viens de savoir que c'est un film d'animation. Ah, je préfère ça! Dans ce cas, c'est vraiment bien réussi!

[@Kleinigkeit11]

Not to shit on the animation quality, for an independent short the quality is excellent, but is this REALLY all it takes to convince people over social media? Really? Dozens of people sharing (usually freebooted clips of) this as if 2:22 actually fucking happened. Do they also believe that Geico is in possession of green lizards trained to speak English? Christ...

[@whippetmom]

+realcodeman11 WHAT? The Geico Gecko isn't real?? LOL

[@gattie12ben]

Why are they drinking pool water XD?

[@jec0435]

+Ben G I thought the same thing! lol It was great until then, then I went, ew!

[@gattie12ben]

jec0435 HAHA

[@zavatone]

+Ben G The chlorine cleanses their system.

[@21kpatriot]

Because dumb asses think a pool is a TOILET!!! Even AS they swim IN it!! That is beyond stupidity!!

[@openyoureyes4799]

Because they were thirsty?

[@user-gz6dj5tr5o]

호주에서 100만원 줘야 볼 수 있는 영상 잘 봤습니다.. 100만원 굳었네요

[@belindahill768]

That's so well put together

[@52mas]

Good Animation...lol

[@shayla6064]

I sure found the weird part of KZbin 😂👍👌😄

[@ronelsteynberg2575]

LOL .. the animation is brilliant .. can't believe there are people out there who actually thought this was real. But anyway, it gave me a good giggle .

[@Pansori]

I found the name of CG supervisor LAURENT BORENSTEIN at the ending title. Perfect CG, Amazing~