A video of a baby giraffe riding on its mother’s back is a fake

Claim:

A video posted online in early October 2024 authentically shows a baby giraffe riding on its mother’s back.

Rating:

AND video shared by X on October 9, 2024 appeared to show a baby giraffe riding on its mother’s back.

User X, who shared the 10-second clip, which has more than 1.3 million views at the time of writing, simply captioned it: “Awesome.”

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Another user shared the same videogaining over 2.1 million views this time. The inscription that was translated from Japanese using Google, said the entry was made by “a a rare sight,” indicating that they believed the footage to be genuine.

AND similar Post X was uploaded by a third user on October 9 and a fourth user placed on YouTube on September 25.

However, the footage is fake. At the 8th second, the calf’s head moves through the mother’s neck, as shown in the screenshot below.

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There are other signs that a video is fake. For example, a calf’s front leg is not positioned correctly, as shown below.

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The Giraffe Conservation Fund said in an email that they believe the clip was created using artificial intelligence software.

A similar video is about a baby giraffe “riding on the mother’s back” was published on YouTube on October 4, 2024 by a channel called Tiny paws and hugs.

This account posts “cute animal moments“, which, for the most part, are created by artificial intelligence, including personnel question in this article.

Snopes reviewed similar AI-generated animal videos, including a baby peacockand giant Maine Coon catand an an exceptionally large white rabbit.

Sources:

Start a Life – Giraffe Conservation Fund. March 14, 2019, https://giraffeconservation.org/facts/starting-life/.

YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JGJcqTRaYtM. Checked on October 23, 2024.