Hilarious moment when giraffe KICKS ostrich on the ground after it tries to attack it – and the dazed bird runs into a wall at the St. Louis Zoo
- Footage obtained by DailyMail.com shows the moment a giraffe kicked an ostrich that tried to attack it at the St. Louis Zoo
- The ostrich struggled to get back to its feet in the aftermath
- But a short time later he tried to approach the giraffe again
A hilarious video shows the moment a giraffe kicked an ostrich that tried to attack it.
The footage begins with the ostrich closely following the giraffe at the St. Louis Zoo before walking right up to the large animal as it flaps its wings violently.
In response, the giraffe calmly kicked the ostrich with its back leg, causing the flightless bird to take off and eventually crash to the ground.
It could then be seen that in the aftermath he struggled to get back up.
But a short time later, the ostrich tried to approach the giraffe again, but it ran away and ran straight into a rock wall, according to Devika Seth, who filmed the encounter in late March.
A hilarious video obtained by DailyMail.com shows a giraffe kicking an ostrich that tried to attack it at the St. Louis Zoo
The ostrich fell to the ground in the aftermath and struggled to get back up
The Texas judge told DailyMail.com that she and her family were in Missouri for her daughter’s volleyball tournament when they decided to visit the local zoo.
“We saw there were two giraffes and an ostrich,” she said, noting that she thought it was odd that the zoo put the two animals together.
“I wanted to see a little bit of what happens,” Seth said, already anticipating that there would be “drama” between the animals.
And yes, there was.
Seth said she watched the two giraffes “get together for a bit” before parting ways.
At that point, she said, the ostrich decided to attack.
“It was unbelievable,” she said, adding that she had to stop recording for a while “because my husband, my daughter and I were laughing.”
After the video, she said, the two giraffes reunited and started rubbing their necks together as the ostrich approached them again.
The ostrich tried to approach the two giraffes a short time later, but when one of the large animals bent its neck down to face it, it turned and ran into a wall.
Seth said she knew “something is going to happen,” so she started recording again as the larger giraffe dipped its head down to observe the bird.
When caught in the act, the bird turned to run away and slammed its head against a stone wall.
“I’ve never seen this folly before,” Seth said, claiming she’s been to multiple zoos across the country and has never seen two different animals in the same enclosure.