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Watch: Toddler is plucked out of mother’s hands by a giraffe

A Texas couple had a frightening moment when a giraffe at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center mistook their daughter for food.

A Texas couple had a frightening moment Saturday when a giraffe at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center plucked their 2-year-old daughter out of the mother’s hands.

Jason Toten was driving a pickup truck through the wildlife tour with his fiancée and children in the bed of the truck when a giraffe walked over, leaned into the back of the truck and grabbed daughter Paisley, as Facebook video from a visitor in another vehicle shows.

“I looked out the back window and I saw the giraffe…and then up she went,” Toten told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “My heart stopped. It scared the hell out of me.”

Fortunately, after his fiancée said in a stern voice, “Hey,” the giraffe quickly dropped the toddler back into her mother’s hands.

“I guess it startled the giraffe,” Toten told the Star-Telegram. “She (Paisley) wasn’t even scared. As soon as her mom caught her, she went, ‘Oh.’”

With his daughter safely in the arms of mom, Toten quickly drove off.

He told the Star-Telegram that the incident was an accident, saying the giraffe was trying to grab a bag of food Paisley was holding but missed.

Visitors to Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, located 110 miles southwest of Dallas, are provided with food to feed some of the animals, explaining the behavior of the giraffe.

Watch: Giraffes interrupt play at Magical Kenya Ladies Open

Shannon Tan made history on when she became the first player from Singapore to win on the Ladies European Tour.

Shannon Tan made history on Sunday when she became the first player from Singapore to win on the Ladies European Tour at the 2024 Magical Kenya Ladies Open.

The 19-year-old received a unique bronzed giraffe trophy for her efforts, fitting given that the stunning creatures caused a delay in play as two rescue giraffes made their way down the 18th fairway.

The PGA Baobab Course is situated in the Vipingo Ridge, a 2,500-acre sanctuary that, since 2020, has worked with the Kenya Wildlife Services to develop a rescue and breeding program to return larger herbivore species to the area, according to its website. In addition to three rescue baby giraffes, there are zebra, impala, eland, oryx and waterbuck on the grounds.

In addition to the greens crew, there are 11 park rangers to monitor and protect the animals.

As for Tan, she earned her LET card last December as an amateur and won her first start on the LET as a pro. Tan also won the Singapore Ladies Masters on the China LPGA Tour last July.

Tan closed with a 70 to win by four strokes over Italy’s Alassandra Fanali.

“It was a tough decision to begin with,” said Tan of turning professional, “but I’m glad I made it now. It’s a good thing because juniors back home know it’s possible and that anything is possible, and it can push them a little bit and inspire them.”

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