Admit it…if you were driving down the street and saw a GIRAFFE riding in the back of a small truck, you’d certainly do a double take, and might even crash! Photos (seen below) went viral recently showing exactly that. It had many wondering if the animal was even real or just photoshopped. As you’ll see in this report from FOX 2 Detroit, the giraffe was real, and was actually a taxidermy giraffe. It had died of natural causes at a zoo and was being transported. Imagine walking out of a bar after having a couple of drinks and seeing that!

Here’s one of the posts on X/Twitter showing the giraffe:

Watch: Viral photos show giraffe being transported in back of pickup truck: Photos of a giraffe traveling in the bed of a pickup truck near Detroit went viral on social media, and the animal turned out to be quite real — albeit deceased. https://t.co/MRTuO6jUbg

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(source @OpeningDayNFL via X/Twitter)

Here’s the report with more of the backstory from FOX 2 Detroit: