Does a real video show a mother giraffe handing a tiny baby giraffe to safari tourists through a car window? No, that's not true: The video is AI generated, as indicated by the brief flicker of the watermark from AI-generating website Vue Media on screen. A real baby giraffe is about six feet tall at birth and weighs between 100 and 200 pounds, unlike the very small giraffe in the hands of the woman in the video.
The claim appeared in a November 7, 2025 video posted on Facebook account @VUTV (archived here). It opened with the caption on the screen that read:
Mom Giraffe Hands Baby to Tourists At Safari Park! #animals #safari #wildlife
This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing:
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of facebook.com/vutv.)
The Facebook account @VUTV notes on their about page (archived here) they are a digital creator as this screenshot shows:
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of facebook.com/vutv.)
The video also bears the watermark of the AI video-generating website The Vue Media (archived here) briefly flickering in the left side of the screen, as this screenshot shows:
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of facebook.com/vutv.)
Lead Stories ran the video through the HIVE Moderation AI detection tool and it said the image was 100% likely AI generated as this screenshot shows:
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of Hive Moderation website.)
According to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation (archived here), baby giraffes are not tiny enough to fit in a human's arms as the video shows:
How big are giraffe calves at birth?
At birth, the average height of a giraffe is approximately 1.8 meters (6 feet), with females typically being slightly shorter than males. A newborn calf weighs around 65 kilograms (143 pounds).
