Chiropractor works on giraffe, is nuzzled: ‘Giraffes are just giant dogs?’

When you’re a chiropractor and you get a call about a 16-foot giraffe that might need help, you jump in your car.

That’s how Oklahoma chiropractor Joren Whitley ended up driving about two hours to a ranch in Ardmore, Okla., to examine Gerry the giraffe and give him an adjustment.

Whitley, who recorded himself and Gerry during the exam, assessed Gerry’s neck and jaw because the giraffe’s owner said he had been chewing oddly, though did not seem to be in pain. Whitley applied pressure in spots around Gerry’s jaw and neck to help restore motion to his joints.