The mother Giraffe was being very affectionate and rubbing her face on the young giraffe. I just kept snapping photos until I got this one, where they looked like they were sharing a special moment together.

  • @[email protected]
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    I remember going to zoo with my kids and watching as one giraffe drank the others pee.

    I thought it was hilarious, my kids were horrified.

  • froggers
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    Giraffes are so fucking weird. They are these tall, lanky creatures with really long necks, they have a tongue that is so long that it can be used to pick their nose, and they have these weird little antennas. I love how weird they are. 🦒

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      I mean, I’ve seen giraffes, actual ones and your comment made me realize how fucking strange they are. Like proper mythological weird.

      Thanks!

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    Good composition, but the “enhancement” done by the phone makes it look like a watercolor or AI art unfortunately.

    Edit: Disagree? Zoom in on the grass or leaves.

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      Relax. It’s what modern phones do to make extremely zoomed photos look better. The processor fills in detail with sampled brush strokes. Years ago you would be complaining that it was too pixelated mess, nowadays it’s a nice photo This is one of the very few actually genuine uses of machine learning assisted image enhancement, as the prompt is the picture itself. Stop zooming into pictures of grass and start actually going outside and touching some.

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      The pile of logs to the left looked so odd I had to zoom. Then I saw the weird filter they used. I’d love to see the original, or something not run through a prism style filter.

      • DandroidOP
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        This is the original. I took it with my Pixel 7. Whatever it did, it did automatically, probably because I was zoomed really far in when I took it.

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    I think that’s in Fort Worth, right? I saw the little one when it was about half that height. Did you stop by the cats?

    • DandroidOP
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      Yep, this is Fort Worth. I did stop by the cats! The tiger was absolutely incredible. He was walking all around his enclosure and kept getting up close to where the people were watching from. I don’t know much about their behavior or mannerisms, but it almost looked like he was enjoying the attention. Or maybe he was just trying to decide on which child to eat. :)

      My wife got better pictures than I did of the big cats, and especially the tiger, and we haven’t shared our favorite pictures with each other yet, so I don’t have any good ones to share at the moment.

    • @ThunderWhiskers
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      Definitely looks like Fort Worth. The new giraffe exhibit is tops. Getting to feed them is a lot of fun. I’m glad you don’t have to drive down to Glen Rose to get that experience anymore.

  • @Mr_Dr_Oink
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    I used to think people were smoking weed near the giraffes in my local zoo.

    Turns out giraffe piss smells like weed.

    • @Dad2DnA
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      Sure it wasn’t cheetah piss?

      • @Mr_Dr_Oink
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        If it was, then those cheetahs had some long ass necks.

    • @AeonFelis
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      big

      You’ve misspelled “long”.

      ass

      You’ve misspelled “neck”.

  • Flying Squid
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    This was taken over a decade ago, but it’s one of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken. From the L.A. Zoo.

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    Wow, those spots really make it hard to make sense of them. I thought it was AI generated for a minute.

    • Nankeru
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      I believe this is a picture which got improved with AI, e.g. higher resolution / sharpening / deblur.

      • DandroidOP
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        101 year ago

        If it did, it was not on purpose. I took it from a Pixel 7, uploaded to imgur, then posted directly here. No intentional editing outside of what my phone may have done automatically without telling me.

        • Nankeru
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          71 year ago

          Yeah, some phones do that especially when using zoom. You may find more information here.

  • @someguy3
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    The white stripes look crazy how bright they are.

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    Oooh that’s his/her tail (not using pronouns just don’t know whatever the fuck a male or female giraffe is )