# Giraffe kisses dying zoo worker final goodbye **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 21, 2014, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-kisses-dying-zoo-worker-final-goodbye/684224 "2014-03-21T11:54:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-kisses-dying-zoo-worker-final-goodbye/684224/1 "2014-03-21T11:54:28Z")
Subject says it all, really. [This article](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/giraffe-kisses-dying-zoo-worker-final-goodbye-9207114.html) is bittersweet. Damn but it’s dusty here. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-kisses-dying-zoo-worker-final-goodbye/684224/2 "2014-03-21T12:55:24Z")
Nice, moving. I’m glad Mario got his wish, and then what a response from those giraffes! Thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-kisses-dying-zoo-worker-final-goodbye/684224/3 "2014-03-21T13:41:24Z")
Fine, make me cry at work! ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-kisses-dying-zoo-worker-final-goodbye/684224/4 "2014-03-21T13:56:37Z")
hayfever!..you can’t prove otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-kisses-dying-zoo-worker-final-goodbye/684224/5 "2014-03-21T17:07:37Z")
What a sweet story ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-kisses-dying-zoo-worker-final-goodbye/684224/6 "2014-03-21T21:03:15Z")
Very touching. I find it unfortunate that so many humans either can’t or won’t see how much other animals “feel” for others. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-kisses-dying-zoo-worker-final-goodbye/684224/7 "2014-03-22T03:51:09Z")
Wow… ---
**Author:** ![oz0ne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc348/32.png) [@oz0ne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oz0ne)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-kisses-dying-zoo-worker-final-goodbye/684224/8 "2014-03-22T04:32:21Z")
Stop cutting onions! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-kisses-dying-zoo-worker-final-goodbye/684224/9 "2014-03-22T17:19:05Z")
Take THAT, Copenhagen Zoo! You bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-kisses-dying-zoo-worker-final-goodbye/684224/10 "2014-03-22T17:41:35Z")
Inside sources report that the zoo’s rare exhibit of exclusively carnivorous giraffes expressed disappointment at having such a delicious meal abruptly yanked away. The giraffe leader indicated that he had just finished perfectly seasoning his food with his saliva and was all set to unleash his mighty and terrifying incisors when the zoo workers cruelly wheeled the man out. The giraffe leader said that his pack will simply have to resume its diet of children who have wandered off. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-kisses-dying-zoo-worker-final-goodbye/684224/11 "2014-03-22T18:00:09Z")
My Dane kisses me on the cheek when I’m upset. It’s by no means a normal behavior for him, as physically bonded and affectionate as he is (=very. very very.) But if I’m truly upset about something and sitting down, he will very deliberately walk up, touch his muzzle to my cheek and walk away. It’s a sweet story. Thanks.