At the Tankanyika Wildlife Park in Goddard, Kansas, zookeeper Sierra always has her hands full. She cares for Mars, a baby pygmy hippo with a mind of his own who rarely does anything she asks; she’s constantly chasing after him, and it’s so fun to watch! She also wrangles the giraffes, especially the babies who hate going inside at the end of the day. Honestly, we get tired just watching her videos!
In a recent clip, Sierra was trying to provide the giraffes with an enrichment activity by holding up a large mirror for the herd to look into. Many of them were curious, but one baby giraffe, Dwayne, was completely baffled… once she finally managed to get his attention, that is. Make sure your sound is on; we’re not even convinced that Dwayne knows who Dwayne is!
The look on Dwayne’s face at the end of the clip was the icing on the cake! We cracked up when Sierra said in the caption, “When you try to enrich the giraffes with a mirror… but then there’s Dwayne.” Dwayne and Mars seem so much alike!
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Funny Reactions to Dwayne the Baby Giraffe
Sierra’s video of Dwayne was a hit, with more than 2.7 million views. People also left more than 2,100 comments about the cuteness, and some of them cracked us up. One commenter said, “They’re all looking for Dwayne.” We laughed when @CAVE asked, “Now who done named a giraffe DWAYNE?”
@crishawl got more than 43,000 likes when they shared, “Dwayne: ‘Somebody go get Dwayne’!” @Steph was thinking the same thing and got 37,000 likes when she said, “Dwayne: ‘D*mn where the h*ll is Dwayne?!’”
Commenter @Kinsey got nearly 33,000 likes when she admitted, “Not me thinking she was beholding a wheel of cheese at them…” Another commenter replied, “I was like, is she gonna toss the cheese at them? LOL!”
One thing was clear after reading through the comments: everybody loves Dwayne, and we all want to see more baby giraffe content!
This story was originally published by PetHelpful on Dec 10, 2025, where it first appeared in the Pet News section. Add PetHelpful as a Preferred Source by clicking here.